Issue 153 Global Outpouring

What do movements of the spirit have in common?

William J. Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival

The 1904 Revival in Wales

The twentieth-century East African Revival

Revival in Timor, Indonesia

Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Third Wave Revivals of the Twentieth Century

Revivals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries had global reach and impact

Readers respond to Christian History

In some cases God not only revived people, but also revived the earth.

Theologies of revival may be closer in practice than they are in theory.

Thoughts on discerning the Spirit

The enduring impact of the Moravian story

Countries that experienced revivals featured in this issue

Voluntary societies and parachurch organizations

The Businessmen’s Revival of 1857–1858

The Azusa Street Revival won hearts amid criticism

Awakening on a Scottish isle

A diverse collection of revivalists from the 1800s and 1900s

Revival movements of the modern era

Argentine turmoil turned many to Christ

Willis Collins Hoover (1858–1936), the founding pastor of the Church of Chile, recorded his stirring account of the 1909 revival in Chile.

John Sung’s revival ministry in China

The Pyongyang Revival of 1907

Charismatic renewal in the Catholic Church

How do Christians align with God in the work of revival?

Learn more about the revivals and spiritual awakenings of the last century or two in these resources recommended by the CH team.

Revivals and awakenings in the modern era