Top Books on Revival History are here for you to know and go buy. “A period of unusual blessing and activity in the life of the Christian Church” is the definition of Christian revival. In contrast to an evangelistic effort, proponents see revivals as God’s way of bringing the Church back to a vibrant and passionate relationship with God following a period of moral deterioration.
Early monks’ missionary work, the Protestant Reformation (and Catholic Counter-Reformation) of the 16th century, and the Covenanters’ unyielding position in Scotland and Ulster in the 17th century when they arrived in Virginia and Pennsylvania with Presbyterians and other non-conformists were all sources of inspiration for numerous Christian revivals. Its personality contributed to the mentality that preceded the American Civil War and the American War of Independence.
The holiness movement, which emerged in the late 19th century, served as the foundation for the third Great Awakening (1904 forward). A desire for greater power and a bigger outpouring of the Holy Spirit gave rise to the Pentecostal revival movement. More than 8,000 people were converted as a result of sessions led by American missionaries Reuben Archer Torrey and Charles McCallon Alexander in Melbourne, Australia, in 1902. Word of this revival spread quickly, inspiring a fervor for prayer and a hope that God would act similarly in other places.
Alexander and Torrey participated in the early stages of the great Welsh revival (1904).
Azusa Street in Los Angeles was the birthplace of the contemporary Pentecostal movement in 1906.
These books will be of help for you to have a time of retreat for yourself.
Below are Books on Revival History:
A God-Sized Vision (Revival Stories That Strect and Stur) – Collin Hansen & John D. Woodbridge
Azusa Street (An Eyewitness Account to the Birth of the Pentecostal Revival) – Frank Bartleman
Revival Fire – Wesley L. Duewel
Revival Fire (Discerning Between the True & the False) – Eddie L. Hyatt
