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Asbury Revival

At Asbury University, revivals are good for business

John Fea   |  September 4, 2023

Some of you recall the revival or “outpouring” that happened earlier this year at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. We covered it extensively here. Over at Inside Higher Ed, Sara Weissman writes, “Asbury University, a small Christian institution in Kentucky, […]

How Ben Carson appropriated the Asbury Revival at CPAC

John Fea   |  March 7, 2023

Check out our full coverage of the Asbury Revival. The former HUD director and presidential candidate’s speech this weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference praised the founding fathers, repeated the myth that Ben Franklin led the Constitutional Conventional in […]

Asbury University revival roundup: February 22, 2023 (10:30PM)

John Fea   |  February 22, 2023

Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. A photo essay from Asbury University sociologist Lisa Weaver Swartz: Jennifer posts a pic from Texas A&M: Cayla’s son: Saturday at Asbury’s Revival, […]

Asbury University revival roundup: February 22, 2023 (12:20PM)

John Fea   |  February 22, 2023

Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Today: On Tuesday and Wednesday, February 21-22, the Outpouring services in Hughes Auditorium are reserved for participants 16-25 years old. However, a public live […]

Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:05PM

John Fea   |  February 20, 2023

Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Christian influencer Alisa Childers: More from Samford University. And here: Krystle, a Pennsylvania resident, with a testimony: I hesitate to try and encapsulate […]

Asbury University revival roundup: February 19, 2023 (9:30pm)

John Fea   |  February 19, 2023

Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Asbury President Kevin Brown. Live streaming will begin. He also addresses claims that Asbury is trying to end the revival. Here is the […]

Asbury revival roundup: February 18 at 9:07pm

John Fea   |  February 18, 2023

Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Credible insiders tell me that there is a 2.5 hour wait to get into the overflow rooms. There is a 10 hour wait […]

The Asbury revival has “spread” to Cedarville University. According to one report, Cedarville needs it.

John Fea   |  February 18, 2023

On February 12, 2023, Thomas White, the president of Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio, tweeted this: Lo and behold, Cedarville is now having a revival. Read this story in the campus newspaper. White announced the revival in a chapel service […]