Kentucky students keep revival going for days

Prayers, praise, scripture, worship music, and testimonies.

It all began on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

And it’s still going.

The days-long service is being described as a revival, “a movement that only God could orchestrate and keep going,” and now includes people from all over the country.

“It’s proof the Lord is working. And we wanted to be a part of that desperately.” People are coming from all over the country to Wilmore..for revival..that’s non stop. More at 430 and 6pm @WKYT @WYMT pic.twitter.com/VsCV2GCwRg
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) February 13, 2023

“We would say there is just a spirit of the Lord in this place. Really, browed its way into the hearts and minds of our students, staff, faculty and our community,” said Dr. Kevin Brown, president of Asbury University.

Asbury Chapel continued yesterday in waves of prayer, worship, and gut-wrenching public confession. It was a significant and spontaneous move of the Spirit that lasted for hours. What a phenomena to witness. Come, Holy Spirit! pic.twitter.com/xRgz6IPels
— Austin Wofford (@AustinWofford_) February 9, 2023

This isn’t the first time this has happened on this campus. A similar revival broke out in 1970. That revival shut down classes for a week, then went on for two more weeks with nightly services. There was another as early as 1905 and another as recent as 2006, when a student chapel led to four days of continuous worship, prayer and praise, according to a Christianity Today report.

Scenes from Asbury revivals 1970 & 2023. Methodists know how to revive! pic.twitter.com/j6Jus8Z8me
— Leah Payne (@drleahpayne) February 11, 2023

Alexandra Presta, the editor of the student-run website “The Asbury Collegian,” wrote in an article published on Feb. 8, “As a senior, I have never witnessed anything like this.”

“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.”

Watch as she describes the experience here: