What Happened to the Asbury Revival?

Bereans:

Remember the Asbury Revival?  It’s been a year since the beginning of the Asbury “revival” in Wilmore, Kentucky.  Last year, from February 8th to February 24th, up to 70,000 people visited Asbury University’s chapel to experience what they called an “outpouring,” an “awakening,” or a “revival.”  This supposed outpouring of the Holy Spirit had everyone talking for awhile. Many of you asked my opinion of it, and I wrote a Being A Berean blog post on the topic of what makes a revival genuine.

Now that a year has passed we can begin assessing whether this was really a work of God.  The following article was written by someone who was caught up in "revival" movements.  I mostly appreciate his emphasis on the need to be actively involved in the regular preaching and teaching ministries of a healthy local church.  This is God's ordained and ordinary means of grace.  See Hebrews 10:24-25.  As a person who was raised in churches that had annual "planned" revivals, I've seen firsthand how such tactics are man's attempt to "stir up" enthusiasm, and how the excitement quickly fades.

https://slowtowrite.com/what-happened-to-the-asbury-revival/

May we be committed to finding our joy and excitement through the regular ministries of Berean Covenant Church.

Grace and peace to you,

J.W.