1900 - 1940
3. Early Twentieth Century
1904 - Monday 31 October - Loughor, Wales (Evan Roberts)
1906 - Saturday 14 April - Azusa Street, Los Angeles (William Seymour)
1907 - January - Pyong-Yang, Korea
1914 - Belgian Congo in Africa (C. T. Studd)
1921 - ... read more
1950 - 1970
4. Mid-twentieth Century
1949 - Hebrides Islands, Scotland (Duncan Campbell)
1951 - Monday 4 June - City Bell, Argentina (Ed Miller)
1965 - Sunday 26 September - Soe, Timor (Mel Tari)
1970 - Tuesday 3 February - Wilmore, Kentucky (Asbury College ... read more
1970 - 1990
5. Late Twentieth Century
1977 - Thursday 10 March - Min District, Papua New Guinea (Diyos Wapnok)
1979 - Wednesday 14 March - Elcho Island, Australia (Ginijini Gondarra)
1979 - Sunday 13 May - Anaheim, Los Angeles (John Wimber)
1984 - Thursday ... read more
1990 - 1997
6. Final Decade, Twentieth Century
1993 - Sunday 2 May - Brisbane, Australia (Neil Miers)
1994 - Thursday 20 January - Toronto, Canada (John Arnott, Randy Clark)
1994 - Sunday 29 May - Brompton, London (Eleanor Mumford)
1994 - Sunday 14 August ... read more
A City In Sackcloth
The repentance of Nineveh was the result of a special and unique outpouring of God's Holy Spirit. This is the Pentecost of the Old Testament, for, humanly speaking, no soil could be less promising than the hearts of these men of Nineveh. Their minds were ... read more
A Rushing Wind: An Exerpt from- No Compormise: The Life Story of Kieth Green
Rushing Wind - an excerpt from No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green
By Melody Green
One evening, in February 1979, Keith was poking through his bookshelf - pulling books out, scanning a few pages, then putting them back. I noticed that he ke ... read more
A Tender Heart
A Tender Heart by G.D Watson
Without tenderness of spirit the most intensely righteous, religious life is like the image of God without His beauty and attractiveness. It is possible to be very religious, and stanch, and persevering in all Christian dut ... read more
American in Crisis
America's Spiritual Crisis
Erwin W. Lutzer
Despite its foundational Christian heritage, America is rapidly degenerating into a godless society. The church in America, although highly visible and active, appears powerless to redirect the rushing sec ... read more
Argentina
Argentina
The move of the Spirit in Argentina in the 90's
This is an excerpt from "A History of the Revival of 1992 - 1995" by Richard Riss
Karin Detert of Berlin, Germany, visited Argentina for three weeks, then later returned for another thre ... read more
Azuza Street: The Fire that Could not Die.
Azusa Street: The Fire That Could Not Die
By Rick Joyner
Over the last two millenniums the church has experienced many revivals, renewals, and reformation movements. Each has added a wealth of experience and understanding to the ways in which the Ho ... read more
Bethany the House of Revival
BETHANY: The House of Revival
Preparing A House For Christ's Manifest Presence
By David Smithers
A mere half hour walk east from the wall of Jerusalem, across the Kidron valley, past Gethsemane and over the ridge of Olivet, brings you to the humble ... read more
Corporate Hinderances to Revival
Corporate Hindrances to Revival
G. Richard Blackaby
Today's churches are praying for revival in unprecedented numbers. They are holding "revival meetings" and "renewal conferences" in the hope that these will hasten the coming of God's Spirit ... read more
Dissatisfaction and Revival
Dissatisfaction: The Forerunner Of Revival by James Burns
God has set a limit upon the defection of His Church; when the night is at its darkest the dawn is on the way. The inner history of revivals is characterized by a profound sense of dissatisfacti ... read more
Falling Under the Power
Falling Under The Power of God
by Charles G. Finney
The following excerpt is taken from The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney, condensed and edited by Helen Wessel, (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publications, 1977) pages 100-101.
From G ... read more
Fear Not Only Believe
Fear Not Only Believe by Andrew Murray
Do we not know that throughout Scripture a chief element of faith in God is a sense of powerlessness and utter helplessness? I want to speak here on the place faith must have if we are to obtain that deep, intense ... read more
Following Hard After God
Following Hard After God! by A. W. Tozer
How tragic that we in this dark day have had our seeking done for us by our teachers. Everything is made to center upon the initial act of "accepting" Christ (a term, incidentally, which is not found in the Bi ... read more
God Moving in Houston in 1997
God Moving in Houston
These reports came in from Wallace Henley, Sr. Pastor of the Encourager Church in Houston
Some 490 people were baptized Sunday, July 27,1997, at a huge Houston water park, as a dozen churches joined for a common baptism service ... read more
Grieving the Spirit of Revival
Grieving the Spirit of Revival by G. D. Watson
A true revival is preeminently the work of the Holy Spirit, and the depth and magnitude of the work depends largely on the number of people who are in perfect union with the Holy Spirit. In times of reviva ... read more
Have We no Tears for Revival?
Have We No Tears For Revival? by Leonard Ravenhill
The following material is taken from "Revival God's Way" by the late Leonard Ravenhill and is offered in his honor and memory. The Watchword ministry has been greatly blessed and influenced by Mr. R ... read more
Hour of Desperation
The Hour of Desperation! by Stephen Olford
It is my conviction that we are never going to have revival until God has brought the church of Jesus Christ to the point of desperation. As long as Christians people can trust religious organization, material ... read more
How Not to Come to God
Times Square Church Pulpit Series
How Not to Come to God!
By David Wilkerson
January 30, 1995
I believe that most people who call themselves by God's name have learned to go to Him in their time of need. Indeed, most Christians believe in the n ... read more
Letters on Revival Fire
Letters on Revival or REVIVAL FIRE
by Charles G. Finney
To the Students of the Words, Works and Ways of God:
Introduction
Letter 1 Superficial Revivals
Letter 2 Unhealthy Revival Excitement
Letter 3 A Cause Of Spurious Conversions
Let ... read more
Manifestations 1
New Wine Articles
God's Manifest Presence
I. Introduction
When God chooses to show His power in and through the Body of Christ, opportunities are provided for both tremendous spiritual growth and tragic confusion and stumbling. Throughout both bibl ... read more
Manifestations 2
New Wine Articles
God's Manifest Presence
II. Biblical Precedents for the Manifestations
The Bible does not record all the possible legitimate supernatural experiences. Rather it records examples of legitimate supernatural experiences that fall int ... read more
Manifestations 3
New Wine Articles
God's Manifest Presence
III. Historical Precedents for the Manifestations
Extraordinary physical phenomena caused by the operation of the Holy Spirit's presence upon people is fully documented and affirmed throughout the history ... read more
Manifestations 4
New Wine Articles
God's Manifest Presence
IV. Catalogue of Manifestations
The Hebrew and biblical model of the unity of personality implies that the spirit affects the body. At times the human spirit is so affected by the glory of God, the human bo ... read more
Manifestations 5
New Wine Articles
God's Manifest Presence
V. Purposes for the Manifestations
God often chooses foolish things to accomplish His work (1 Cor. 1:27-28). He offends the mind to test the heart. In the account of the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecos ... read more
Manifestations 6
New Wine Articles
God's Manifest Presence
VI. Exposing False Equations About the Manifestations
"If I was more devoted, then I would experience these manifestations of the Spirit." The experience of these things are not related to our spiritual p ... read more
Manifestations 7
New Wine Articles
God's Manifest Presence
VII. Exposing Dangers Regarding the Manifestations
Possibility of divisions and judgements within the body -- we must seek to avoid the "have's" and "have not's" mentality at all costs. this will trul ... read more
Manifestations 8
New Wine Articles
God's Manifest Presence
VIII. Proper Responses to the Manifestations
Taking the posture of being "learners" rather than "experts" in the ministry of the Spirit.
Being gracious, kind and patient with differences in perspective ... read more
Manifestations Through History 1 by Richard M. Riss
The Manifestations Throughout History
St. Louis CATCH THE FIRE Conference, May 3-6, 1995
by Richard M. Riss.
Oliver Cromwell was drunken in the spirit and filled with holy laughter just prior to the Battle of Naseby. This was in 1645 during the civil ... read more
Manifestations Through History 2 by Richard M. Riss
The Manifestations Throughout History
St. Louis CATCH THE FIRE Conference, May 3-6, 1995
by Richard M. Riss.
One of the most remarkable records left to us in the annals of history with respect to spiritual gifts is general is that of "prophets ... read more
Manifestations Through History 3 by Richard M. Riss
The Manifestations Throughout History
St. Louis CATCH THE FIRE Conference, May 3-6, 1995
by Richard M. Riss.
Although Whitefield influenced John Wesley with respect to open-air preaching, it was Wesley who had originally influenced Whitefield to ta ... read more
Manifestations Through History 4 by Richard M. Riss
The Manifestations Throughout History
St. Louis CATCH THE FIRE Conference, May 3-6, 1995
by Richard M. Riss.
Although Whitefield influenced John Wesley with respect to open-air preaching, it was Wesley who had originally influenced Whitefield to ta ... read more
Manifestations Through History 5 by Richard M. Riss
The Manifestations Throughout History
St. Louis CATCH THE FIRE Conference, May 3-6, 1995
by Richard M. Riss.
On the other side of the Atlantic, what is known as the Second Great Awakening in America broke out on or about the year 1800. This, also, wa ... read more
Manifestations Through History 6 by Richard M. Riss
The Manifestations Throughout History
St. Louis CATCH THE FIRE Conference, May 3-6, 1995
by Richard M. Riss.
On the other side of the Atlantic, what is known as the Second Great Awakening in America broke out on or about the year 1800. This, also, wa ... read more
Manifestations Through History 7 by Richard M. Riss
The Manifestations Throughout History
St. Louis CATCH THE FIRE Conference, May 3-6, 1995
by Richard M. Riss.
Here's a report that appeared in THE APOSTOLIC FAITH, vol. 1, no. 10 (September, 1907):
Missionaries in China have been seeking the ... read more
Moravian Pentecost
Moravian Revival
The Rev. John Greenfield, an American Moravian evangelist, published his book "Power On High" in 1927 on the 200th anniversary of the Moravian revival. The information in this article is from that book, now out of print. The Moravian ... read more
Oh Sweet Heavenly Fire!
OH SWEET HEAVENLY FIRE
OH sweet heavenly fire
OH Holy refining flame
You my passion and desire
Make me never again the same!
Burn out the foul dross
Of my besetting sin
Remove all my loss
Make me thine again!
OH sweet ... read more
On Fire For Jesus
On FIRE for JESUS!
by Joe Brice
The thought of flaming enthusiasm in religion arouses distrust in the modern mind as in the ancient. Enthusiasm is permitted in any other pursuit; in religion it is regarded as bad form. Enthusiasts in piety are either ... read more
Our Desperate Need
Our Desperate Need by S. B. Shaw
Is it not time to cry aloud and spare not, to lift up our voice like a trumpet, and show the people of God their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins? Surely the need beside which every other need sinks int ... read more
Power From on High
POWER FROM ON HIGH
by Charles G. Finney
Chapter 1
Please permit me through your columns to correct a misapprehension of some
of the members of the late Council at Oberlin of the brief remarks which I made to them; first on Saturday
morning, ... read more
Promise of Revival
The Promise of Revival Complied by David Smithers
Oswald J. Smith in his book "The Enduement of Power" encourages us that revival is a definite promise of God, just waiting to be laid hold of. Oswald J. Smith writes, "'And it shall come to pass in ... read more
Renewal Blessings: Reflections from England
Renewal Blessings
Reflections from England
Rev. Sandy Millar and Mrs Eleanor Mumford of London comment on current refreshing from the Lord being experienced in England.
Reminiscent of Revivals
Rev. Sandy Millar, Vicar of the prestigious inner ... read more
Revival Cycles
Cycles of Revival
Richard Owen Roberts
A very helpful way to come to grips with the Biblical teaching on revival is to approach it from the standpoint of the cycles of history.
In your imagination, picture a very long line that begins with the cr ... read more
Revival Fire
Revival Fire
Geoff Waugh
The decade of evangelism and harvest in the 1990s has already seen astounding revival fire throughout the world, unprecedented in all history.
Church history and current revivals include times when God moves in great powe ... read more
Revival Marks
Marks of Revival
James I. Packer
The features of revival movements on the surface vary widely, perhaps as a result of different settings, yet indeed God appears to delight in variety. Nevertheless, at the level of deeper analysis, there are constant ... read more
Revival Means Humility
Revival Means Humiliation by James Burns
To the church a revival means humiliation, a bitter knowledge of failure, and an open and humiliating confession of sin on the part of her ministers and people. It is not the easy and glowing thing many think it ... read more
Revival Men
Revival Men by Horatius Bonar
"So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh.... and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish. Then she made a vow and said 'Lord of hosts, if you will indeed lo ... read more
Revival Misrepresentations
Revivals, Awakenings, and Misrepresentations
by Richard Riss
During the course of my study of revivals over the past twenty-three years, one of the things that has fascinated me is the extent to which they are misrepresented. These misrepresentation ... read more
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