The Asbury Revival.

What about the revival in WV some years ago? What was the result of that one? Any updates?
 
I was a student there shortly after the one described in this book.

And, please, correct the spelling in the thread title.

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I was up close (geography wise) to the Burlington Revival some years ago but aside from a couple of people I know who were saved there and a continuing uptick in attendance of the sponsoring church, I honestly can’t note any lasting difference in our culture…we have always been a Bible Belt conservative county.

I note online much back and forth about Asbury…but don’t know anything first hand. Anyone here more familiar with what’s happening there?

(I posted this earlier on the wrong thread. I identify threads like I spell. 😊)
 
Much like what happened in the mid-90s out of an SBC church in Brownwood, Texas: last Wednesday a chapel service at Asbury University (a school connected with the Wesleyan holiness movement) just kept going (and is going on at this moment). There have been a number of such occurrences at Asbury over the last century or so. Continuous worship, prayer for repentance of sin...the kind of thing that should be part of a revival. There are a number of YouTube videos with recorded footage and updates from the revival.
 
Tarheel Baptist said:
I was up close (geography wise) to the Burlington Revival some years ago but aside from a couple of people I know who were saved there and a continuing uptick in attendance of the sponsoring church, I honestly can’t note any lasting difference in our culture…we have always been a Bible Belt conservative county.

I note online much back and forth about Asbury…but don’t know anything first hand. Anyone here more familiar with what’s happening there?

(I posted this earlier on the wrong thread. I identify threads like I spell. 😊)
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I am always a bit hesitant to rush into believing press clippings about religious experiences, and as has been noted, time will tell and I hope it is indeed a movement of God on His people and there is long-lasting fruit. As far as their background, they recently received plenty of blowback from the liberal press for their conservative stance on the LGBTQ issues facing their faculty and students. Link

On a more trivial level, one of their graduates was a local man (Ted Strickland, who went to school with my mom) that was my college professor (unfortunately one of the most boring profs I had, would read to us from the textbook verbatim in class) and eventually served as Governor of Ohio and in the Ohio House of Representatives. Good man, convictional, but politics revealed his liberal bent as he climbed the ladder, like in areas of abortion.
 
Things are about to get weird (weirder?) - Todd Bentley said he's on his way to Asbury.
 
ALAYMAN said:
On a more trivial level, one of their graduates was a local man (Ted Strickland, who went to school with my mom) that was my college professor (unfortunately one of the most boring profs I had, would read to us from the textbook verbatim in class) and eventually served as Governor of Ohio and in the Ohio House of Representatives. Good man, convictional, but politics revealed his liberal bent as he climbed the ladder, like in areas of abortion.
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One year as I was walking towards the polling place, a supporter of Strickland's stopped me and asked me to vote for him. I stopped and asked her what his position on abortion was. She stammered a bit and tried to convince me he was the most pro-life candidate running. He didn't get my vote.
 
voicecrying said:
Things are about to get weird (weirder?) - Todd Bentley said he's on his way to Asbury.
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lol, with your wit and humorous style I was certain this post was completely tongue in cheek and was ready to give you a hearty laughter emoji, until I found out via Twitter tis true, so I'm more likely to give you the sad face emoji now.
 
voicecrying said:
Things are about to get weird (weirder?) - Todd Bentley said he's on his way to Asbury.
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For those who do not recognize the name of Todd Bentley, here's the story on him (although maybe this belongs on the "restored preacher" thread):

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Breaking! Todd Bentley is Heading Down to The Asbury Revival

Staff Writer Charismatic prophet Todd Bentley, the only huckster in the whole of Christianity that Dr Michael Brown has ever bothered to condemn (and that only slightly), is up to no good again, annoucing that he’s heading down to Kentucky to partake in the Asbury Revival, explaining that “I...
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"We have written extensively about Todd, chronicling his malfeasance from lauded anointed revivalist and miracle worker to drunkard, adulterer, liar, and sheep-fleecer extraordinaire, all the while being lifted up by a cadre of ne’er-do-wells as a great and supernaturally gifted man of God. Bentley went relatively radio silent in 2019, a year after being newly accused of drug use, adultery, and sexting, some of which he admitted."
 
voicecrying said:
Things are about to get weird (weirder?) - Todd Bentley said he's on his way to Asbury.
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I was wondering if the "Word of Faith" crowd had any involvement with this!

I lose count of how many times I'd start dealing with someone in an "Open Air" or "Public" setting and it seemed as if the Lord was at work but then along comes a group of "Word of Faith" types out of nowhere just stirring up trouble!
 
Todd Bentley has endorsed the Asbury Revival. What more do we need to know? :cool:

"Yesterday, we published an article expressing our concerns over the hyper-emotionalism on display at the so-called Asbury Revival taking place at Asbury University, a multi-denominational ecumenical school that is loosely associated with the Wesleyan-Methodist tradition. The school, as we reported yesterday, promotes quite a few unbiblical teachings and doctrines including women in the pulpit and 'side B gay Christianity' that is in line with the Revoice movement.

"As one pastor put it, 'Unless what’s happening at Asbury leads them to repent of promoting and supporting Feminist Marxism, it’s not truly biblical revival.'

"But it’s more than just a lack of sound teaching and biblical repentance that demonstrates that this supposed revival is questionable, at best. But it is also the kind of people who are attracted to this movement en mass that further discredits it. The infamous, faux faith healer, Todd Bentley, described the scene as 'tangible waves of [the Holy Spirit’s] presence.'

"In case you’re not familiar with Todd Bentley, he’s basically a circus clown masquerading as a prophet of God. Todd Bentley was disqualified as a minister after it was found out that he was caught up in multiple sex scandals."

disntr.com

Infamous Faux Faith-Healer, Todd Bentley Discredits the Asbury Revival

Yesterday, we published an article expressing our concerns over the hyper-emotionalism on display at the so-called Asbury Revival taking place at Asbury University, a multi-denominational ecumenical school that is loosely associated with the Wesleyan-Methodist tradition. The school, as we...
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The Asbury administration says they didn't invite Bentley, so apparently he is a party-crasher. "Additionally, during a call with Asbury’s Director of Strategic Communications Abby Laub, Christian News Network was informed that Bentley 'was not invited to come and speak at Asbury, and the university is being very careful to steward what God is doing here.'. . .

"Apart from attending, it is unknown what other involvement Bentley may be seeking at Asbury, though his subsequent Facebook posts seemingly indicate that he is using his appearance for self-promotion, citing that he wants to 'catch the fire' and 'carry' it to his pre-planned so-called 'revival' event later this year. Others have expressed their concerns about Bentley online, calling him a 'heretic' and a 'wolf,' as well as for him to repent and believe the gospel."

christiannews.net

False teacher Todd Bentley posts he is ‘booked to spend several days’ at ‘Asbury revival’ — university says he was not invited to speak

(Christian News Network) — Todd Bentley, who once claimed to activate the power of God by kicking a woman in the face with his biker boot, has announced that he is "booked to spend several days" in what is being called a "revival" at Asbury—a university chapel service that grew into a daily...
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I still say it could be doubtful that this is a true "revival." Seems too convenient in some respects, and then also seems like a media event going on! Let's wait to see what history says about it.
 
A negative view of the Asbury Revival - it appears that this commentator has talked to students that were there:

"I’ve talked to current students, recent graduates, and several people who’ve visited the chapel to experience the 'revival' and there are unquestionably several reasons why we should be concerned. Though one student says the Gospel has been consistently and explicitly preached since the beginning of the 'revival,' others contradict that claim. In fact, one former student who was at the chapel this week told me he rarely, if ever, heard a clear presentation of the Gospel at the school.

"Another student said: 'Attending the few chapels I have at seminary, apart from one [or] two chapels that preach a biblical message of repentance, it’s always been about "being who you are" and God loving you "as you are." There are a lot of messages that are about being "true to yourself."’. . .

"Progressive Christians like Tim Whitaker at The New Evangelicals have essentially endorsed the 'revival' after his visits to the chapel this week. Moreover, he says LGBTQ students at the school told him the university protects them from 'conversion therapy.' According to Whitaker, the LGBTQ students who were 'worshipping' at the chapel also say they’re especially hopeful the 'revival' will create (progressive) change at the school.

"That lines up with what one student said to me: 'Unfortunately, I have first-account experience and conversations with people who are attending and speaking on the "greatness"’ of revival who are actively living in sin (to be blunt).'”

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Is the Asbury 'revival' a real revival?

I ve talked to current students, recent graduates and several people who ve visited the chapel to experience the revival, and there are unquestionably several reasons why we should be concerned
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