The following is a report from Baptist Press:

According to university accounts, a similar 144-hour revival broke out at the campus in 1970.

Alexandra Presta, a student at Asbury wrote in The Asbury Collegian, the campus newspaper, on Feb. 8, “Peers, professors, local church leaders and seminary students surround me— all of them praying, worshipping, and praising God together. Voices are ringing out. People are bowing at the altar, arms stretched wide.”

She wrote that in the midweek chapel service campus minister Zach Meerkreebs led an invitation for personal confession and testimonies.

“Wednesday chapel speaker Zach Meerkreebs admitted to those in attendance he didn’t know what the call of confession would look like, but this morning he spoke about seeing God not only as a Father but as a friend. Someone who won’t abandon you. Someone who will be there when you need to cry, mourn, rejoice, dance or anything in between,” she wrote in the Asbury Collegian.

Bill Elliff, founding pastor of The Summit Church in North Little Rock, Arkansas, attended a portion of the services on Feb. 10. 

“Within the first hour, I had moved from a spectator to a humble participant,” he wrote in a blog on his website.

“There are wise leaders from the University who are helping shepherd the moment. I’m sure they have learned from the past movements how to steward this best,” he wrote.

Elliff has been a student of prayer and spiritual awakening and has written more than 50 books on the subjects.

“In some ways, it is a worship-based, Spirit-led, Scripture-fed prayer gathering. It is just what we should be doing all the time: waiting before God, worshiping Him, praying to Him, listening to Him, responding to Him, and being shepherded by wise leaders who see themselves merely as facilitators of God’s activity,” Elliff wrote.

Elliff said the 1,500-seat Hughes Auditorium was full on Friday night (Feb. 10). Reports indicated it was overflowing on Saturday night (Feb. 11).

Graci Bradley, an Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) student from Shelbyville, attended the Friday night service.
 

“Seeing people from every nation, tribe, and tongue, and from all different generations, was a glimpse of heaven. It was very encouraging to see that everyone was there for one common goal – to give God glory,” she told Baptist Press.

Bradley added, “…it’s my hope and prayer that it doesn’t stop at Asbury, but that it extends all over – we are called to be sent.”
 

That is a similar theme to the 1970 revival at Asbury, where 2,000 witness teams were sent to 130 colleges to share of their experience. On Saturday afternoon, campus ministers hosted a dinner for college campus student leaders to hear of how they might share in a similar event at their campus.
 

Elliff called on other believers to pray for what is happening at Asbury and to pray that God would bring it to their church, campus, and city.
 

“As I spoke to the hotel receptionist this morning, she told me they were sold out of rooms. ‘We were not prepared for revival,’ she said. May it not be true of us,” he wrote.

You may be wondering how you might help the survivors of the recent devastating earthquakes in Central Asia. Hopefully, you will find the following information helpful.

Prayer Resources

Please continue to lift up the huge needs, both physical and spiritual, of the earthquake survivors. Send Relief is an agency of the International Board. They have created a downloadable prayer guide and slides for you and your churches, available through this link. 

Volunteer Needs

Send Relief is responding through local partners on the ground to meet immediate needs. Currently there are not opportunities for volunteer groups from the U.S. to join them. However, if you would like to fill out this volunteer interest form, the Send Relief team will retain your contact information and reach out to you if opportunities to serve become available. 

Donations / Supplies

At this time, they are not able to accept goods or supplies donated from the U.S. Interested persons are encouraged to give financial resources to support efforts directly on the ground. If you need assistance with inquiries related to other resources, direct them to info@sendrelief.org and someone from the Send Relief team will follow up. 
 

Financial Gifts

If you would like to give financially in a way that directly impacts people devastated by the earthquakes, please send monetary gifts through Send Relief. Click the yellow Give Now button found on the page you will go to when you click here.

Thank you for your heart to serve us and the peoples we love. Let’s pray together that through this tragedy many lost people will experience the love of Jesus and choose to follow Him.

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