Revival History – Billy Sunday

William Ashley “Billy” Sunday was noted first as a professional baseball player, and then a more famous evangelist. Born in Ames, Iowa, Sunday grew up the son of a single mother. The family endured significant poverty during his childhood. His father, also named William, enlisted in the Iowa Infantry Volunteers four months before Sunday was [...]

Revival History – Jeremiah Lanphier & the Prayer Revival

One Million Saved: With little human planning, a nation-wide revival broke out among God’s people in “union prayer meetings” beginning in 1857. In the awakening that followed, nearly 1,000,000 people accepted Christ and became involved in churches over a two-year period. Based on percentages of converts to the general population, a similar move of God [...]

Revival in History – Duncan Campbell & the Welsh Revival

As an incentive to pray for revival, there could be few greater challenges than reading accounts of how God has graciously granted times of awakening in the past. A notable example of this can be seen in the life and ministry of Duncan Campbell who was so remarkably blessed and used by God in Scotland and [...]

Revival in History – Jonathan Edwards

During our week of revival meetings there will be an article posted each day emphasizing revivals of past years. These articles are posted not to relive history in our minds, but rather to stir our hearts with what God can do once again at Bethel Baptist Church. Jonathan Edwards was no stranger to revival. When [...]