While I am sympathetic to the spiritual experience that took place over the last two weeks at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, I tried to cover the revival here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home as a curator or historian might cover it. As I gathered videos, testimonies, tweets, and other material I always had future historians of this revival in mind. In an age of social media, those future historians will have plenty of material to work with. I hope they find my … [Read more...] about Our Asbury Revival roundups come to an end. Thanks for reading.
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Asbury University revival roundup: February 23, 2023 (10:50PM)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. This is the last night of services at Asbury University. Tonight was the Collegiate Day of Prayer. Asbury was scheduled to host this event well before the revival broke out on February 8, 2023. Some history. The Collegiate Day of Prayer is apparently 200 years old: Baylor University students watching the Collegiate Day of Prayer: Behind the scenes at the … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 23, 2023 (10:50PM)
Asbury University revival roundup: February 22, 2023 (12:20PM)
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 stream remains available during these services. If necessary, there will be a live simulcast for the general public in Estes Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary during these service times. There will be no … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 22, 2023 (12:20PM)
Asbury University revival roundup: February 21, 2023 (7:55PM)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Asbury's director of strategic communication: A reminder that Asbury University is an institution of higher education: The president of Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary weighs in. Two court evangelicals, Steven Strang of Charisma magazine and Jim Garlow, talk about the revival: A testimony from a revival ministry: ASBURY REVIVAL 2023. Why did I go? … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 21, 2023 (7:55PM)
Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:05PM
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 my 24 hour trip Saturday- Sunday February 18th and 19th in Wilmore, KY in a written post. At this point it’s easiest to write this than make a video because I’m still undone from the … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:05PM
Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:58AM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Asbury University president Kevin Brown announces the new schedule change: Asbury University's director of communication: The local NBC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky published a piece this morning on the "end" of the Asbury Revival. (It is not ending, it is just moving off campus). Here are some of the FB responses to that piece: This guy is upset … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 20, 2023 at 11:58AM
Asbury University revival roundup: February 19, 2023 (4:00pm)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. The latest: Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Facebook: Here’s a story that’s getting little attention from the mainstream media, but you should definitely know about it. It started last week with a worship service at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, that turned into a spontaneous revival meeting, and it just…didn’t end. As … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 19, 2023 (4:00pm)
Asbury revival roundup: February 18 at 9:07pm
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 to get into Hughes Auditorium. Franklin Graham via FB: Praise God for what has been happening at Asbury University! Have you heard? On February 8 during a call to repentance during Wednesday chapel service, at least 100 people came to the altar—and the … [Read more...] about Asbury revival roundup: February 18 at 9:07pm
Asbury revival roundup: February 17 at 9:10PM. The meetings will move off the Asbury University campus.
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. There is now a Wikipedia page. The latest message from the Asbury University president. The revival meetings will no longer take place at Asbury University beginning February 24. Mike Pence: Was Tucker turned away?: Ken Ham's Answers in Genesis is covering the revival. Christian recording artist Steve Camp: More Steve Camp: Steve Bannon is … [Read more...] about Asbury revival roundup: February 17 at 9:10PM. The meetings will move off the Asbury University campus.
The MAGA evangelical revivalists are no longer silent about the Asbury Revival
Last week I wondered why the pro-Trump, Make America Great Again, Christian nationalist revivalists were not noticing the spiritual revival going on at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. These people believe that the United States was founded as a Christian nation and needs to be reclaimed as such. Over the last seven or eight years they have spewed rhetoric that connects religious revival--a new "great awakening"--to their political aims of winning back America for … [Read more...] about The MAGA evangelical revivalists are no longer silent about the Asbury Revival
Asbury revival roundup: February 16 at 9:25PM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Insiders tell me that there are discussions about moving the revival off the Asbury College site. Stay tuned. The president of Samford University: More from Samford University in Birmingham: MAGA Pentecostal worship leader Kari Jobe pays a visit to Wilmore. Here is her FB reflection: I drove to Wilmore Kentucky to the Asbury Revival last … [Read more...] about Asbury revival roundup: February 16 at 9:25PM
Asbury revival roundup: February 16 at 1:20pm
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Today's schedule: How revivals spread--my feature today at CURRENT. An evangelist named Martin Luther says it's worth the drive to Wilmore: From yesterday afternoon. This guy is taking folks on a walk around the campus. Looks like a beautiful day for a revival: A request for a live stream, via FB: "Please Pastor's in charge, please broadcast a live stream … [Read more...] about Asbury revival roundup: February 16 at 1:20pm
Asbury revival roundup: February 16 at 12:39AM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Insiders tell me that they heard from a student who did not recognize anyone in Hughes Auditorium tonight. What happens when the dust settles? The Managing Editor of the The Asbury Collegian reflects. Tucker Carlson is covering it. He talks to the student body president. Tucker, surprisingly, does not politicize this. A few Asbury insiders tell me … [Read more...] about Asbury revival roundup: February 16 at 12:39AM
Asbury University revival roundup: February 15, 2023 at 11:25AM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. No playbook: Agnus Dei: Another testimony via FB I can type what God is doing and what I experienced but it will never top what God is truly doing. What is happening at Asbury is nothing like I have ever experienced, got to be apart of, sit in, however you want to say it or address it-but it is very real and God is moving and doing something. Last night … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 15, 2023 at 11:25AM
Asbury University revival roundup: February 15, 2023 (12:50am)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. An Asbury alum and insider sends this: Some changes in campus to help keep students safe and valued today. 3-4 overflow venues opened (2 chapels at the Seminary and Wilmore UMC). Special hours for those 25 and under only (Gen Z focus) to be allowed into Hughes. Lots and lots of traffic. Wilmore is on the road to nowhere quite literally. There are 3 ways … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 15, 2023 (12:50am)
Asbury University revival roundup: February 14, 2023 (7:45pm)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Some students are concerned about their safety. Today an alum with strong connections to Asbury wrote to me: "Our students are not coming to Hughes [Chapel] to help influencers, news stations, and ordinary people with social media increase their subscriptions, likes and follows. Our dorms are not meant to be wandered. Our classrooms are not museum." Classes canceled? … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 14, 2023 (7:45pm)
Asbury University revival roundup: February 14, 2023 at 1:30am
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. A visitor from Northern Ohio on FB: We are from Northern Ohio. On Thursday we heard about “Revival at Asbury” It’s been going on since Wednesday morning. I always hear about big events and wonder what it’s like to be there in person. Life goes on and I never really know. Should we go? It’s a 5 hour drive. —- Friday: The revival is still going on. Musicians are switching … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 14, 2023 at 1:30am
Asbury University revival roundup: February 13, 2023 at 6:00pm
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. A megachurch pastor from Minnesota is on his way to Wilmore: 100 hours and counting… Last Wednesday morning at 10am, chapel was held Asbury University in Kentucky. This is a normal occasion on Christian campuses. What isn’t normal is that this service didn’t stop. Students kept praying, worshipping, repenting. THEY DIDN’T LEAVE. 100 hours later… … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 13, 2023 at 6:00pm
Asbury University revival roundup: February 13, 2023 at 10:30am
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. The revival continues: A “prophetic reformer” named Amanda Schiflett on FB: Many have said that the Asbury Revival was the one that sparked the Jesus Movement in 1970. I am believing this is a spark as well, and as many of us have seen and prophesied, there will be many other “fires” of awakening and revival that will begin to blaze in many places around the … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: February 13, 2023 at 10:30am
Asbury University revival roundup: Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:00pm
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. The revival does not appear to have slowed down during the Super Bowl: Shane Claiborne talks to some of the participants: Dwight McKissic, a Southern Baptist minister: Not many hotel rooms in Wilmore: I’m seeing some of this: A charismatic prophet is on his way to Wilmore. Why this may not bode well for the revival: Another Facebook … [Read more...] about Asbury University revival roundup: Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:00pm