God is Busy Fulfilling a Long-Ago Uttered Promise About the Perseverance of the Church — Revival Has Broken Out at Asbury University

Virtue Online Viewpoints (News Letter)

David W. Virtue, DD
www.virtueonline.org
February 17, 2023

IS AMERICA ON THE CUSP OF A GREAT REVIVAL? This past week word broke that revival had broken out at Asbury University in Kentucky (not to be confused with the seminary), and that hundreds of students were making their way to the chapel to worship, pray, confess sins and sing of God’s wondrous love.

“While the Church of England is busy rejoicing in Anglicanism’s latest embrace of the culture and the music industry celebrates Satan, God is busy fulfilling a long-ago uttered promise about the perseverance of the Church — revival has broken out at Asbury University,” writes Mary Ann Mueller, a regular contributor to VOL.

“What started out as a regular midweek chapel service in the Hughes Auditorium has become the ninth revival to sweep through Asbury since the turn of the 20th Century. The ongoing worship-prayer service is drawing national attention both in the media and by the increasing number of visitors drawn to participate. So far more than 1,000 students and others have made their way to the college chapel.”

“For seven days and counting, starting with a chapel service on Wednesday (February 8), the Revival has been growing. People are driving into the small Kentucky town from as far away as Oregon and Canada to witness first-hand the outpouring of the Holy Spirit,” she writes.

So far some of the universities and colleges which have dispatched busloads of students to Wilmore include:
✓Anderson University (Anderson, South Carolina);
✓Bethel University (Mishawaka, Indiana);
✓Campbellsville University (Campbellsville, Kentucky);
✓Cedarville University (Cedarville, Ohio);
✓Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Kentucky);
✓Eastern Nazarene College (Quincy, Massachusetts);
✓Georgetown University (Washington, DC);
✓God’s Bible School (Cincinnati, Ohio);
✓Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, Indiana);
✓Kentucky Mountain Bible College (Jackson, Kentucky);
✓Lee University (Cleveland, Tennessee);
✓Midway University (Midway, Kentucky);
✓Mt. Vernon University (Mt. Vernon, Ohio);
✓Ohio Christian University (Circleville, Ohio);
✓Olivet University (Bourbonnais, Illinois);
✓Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio);
✓Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, Oklahoma);
✓Purdue University (Lafayette, Indiana);
✓Southern Wesleyan University (Central, South Carolina);
✓Spring Arbor University (Spring Arbor, Michigan);
✓Taylor University (Upland, Indiana);
✓Trevecca Nazarene University (Nashville, Tennessee);
✓University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky);
✓University of the Cumberlands (Williamsburg, Kentucky);
✓United Seminary (Trotwood, Ohio);
✓University of Tennessee (Chattanooga, Tennessee).

The revival is getting worldwide attention. People are dropping everything and flying to Wilmore, Kentucky from all points of the globe including the Philippines, Singapore, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil, and Indonesia.

It has even caught the attention of ACNA Bishop Felix Orji (I All Nations).

“We thank God for the Revival going on in Asbury,” he tweets. “May God grant a revival of holiness amongst conservative bishops, clergy, and laity in the Anglican Church around the world.”

“Four Christian colleges/universities are now in revival: Wesleyans, Church of God (Cleveland, TN), and Baptists. Come on @SewanneeSeminary. Even the Roman Catholic Church is picking up on it and sending representatives. “It’s almost like a wellspring,” said Father Norman Fischer, pastor of St. Peter Claver Church in Lexington, Kentucky, and chaplain at Lexington Catholic High School. “You just know right away that God is there.”

You can read Mueller’s four-part series here:
https://virtueonline.org/jesus-gates-hell-shall-not-prevail-against-my-church
https://virtueonline.org/asbury-revival-update-fire-spreading
https://virtueonline.org/asbury-revival-update-2-144-hour-1970-revival-eclipsed
https://virtueonline.org/asbury-revival-update-3-what-starts-asbury-does-not-stay-asbury
https://universecatholicweekly.co.uk/asbury-revival/