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Christian revival is defined as "a period of unusual blessing and activity in the life of the Christian Church" [1].Proponents view revivals as the restoration of the Church to a vital and fervent relationship with God after a period of moral decline, instigated by God, as opposed to an evangelistic campaign.
Watercolor representing the Second Great Awakening in 1839. The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in American Christian history.Historians and theologians identify three, or sometimes four, waves of increased religious enthusiasm between the early 18th century and the late 20th century.
A Religious History of the American People (1972) (ISBN 0-385-11164-9) Billington, Ray A. The Protestant Crusade. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. Birdsall, Richard D. "The Second Great Awakening and the New England Social Order", Church History 39 (1970): 345–364. JSTOR 3163469.
The ministry he pastors, World Revival Church, emphasizes the attitude and mission of revival. [11] In 2001 there was a mini-split which occurred between the leadership of the Brownville Revival Church and the leadership of the Brownville Revival School of Ministry. This split for many marked the end of the Revival.
In the end, it is impossible to say empirically what happened at Asbury College in 1970, or in the many great revivals throughout Western history. Or what will underlie any revival to come ...
While the church has experienced trials throughout church history, the modern church renewal movements have arisen in response to the decline of the church in recent history. For example, between 1948 and 2008 the percentage of Americans who identified themselves with some form of Christianity has dropped from 91% to 77%. [ 1 ]
The East African Revival (Luganda: Okulokoka) was a movement of renewal in the Christian Church in East Africa during the late 1920s and 1930s. [1] It began on a hill called Gahini in then Belgian Ruanda-Urundi in 1929, and spread to the eastern mountains of Belgian Congo, Uganda Protectorate (British Uganda), Tanganyika Territory and Kenya Colony during the 1930s and 1940s. [1]
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