Global Revival - Worldwide Outpourings, Forty-three Visitations of the Holy Spirit

Global Revival - Worldwide Outpourings documents forty-three visitations of the Holy Spirit, spanning four centuries, featuring revivals in thirty countries, from Argentina to Australia, Estonia to Eritrea and Jamaica to Japan. Discover some of the greatest revivals from around the globe that you've probably never heard of, from Canada to China and from to Egypt to Zimbabwe. Learn about the amazing outpourings that have taken place around the world in our lifetime and how the Holy Spirit has moved in visitations from the past. The author explores the nature and concepts of revival around the world and poses the questions: How did the revivalists see revival? Is evangelism revival? Can we see revival today and if so how? He explores the Divine-human partnership, explains how revivals are birthed and reveals the fascinating links between missions and Christian revival. Discover the seven waves of missions within Christendom and how evangelism and revival were integral forces to these movements. Find out how men and women participated in life changing events as they pursued God for the "greater things" in a spirit of holiness, in their fulfilment of the Great Commission. This book contains 43 documented accounts of revival from across the globe, plus an overview of more than 30 revivals from the Holy Bible! God has so much more for us, if we are willing to meet His conditions and pay the price. Learn from the past, be challenged for today and be inspired for the future! The author takes us through the Scriptures and explains why we need revival and the Scriptural basis for our prayers for revival. He asks us to consider our lifestyles, motives for revival, alongside our individual and corporate responsibility for evangelism and world missions and that were serve a covenant-keeping God who is true to His Word. Mathew Backholer is the co-founder of ByFaith Media (www.ByFaith.co.uk)and author of a number of books, including: Revival Fires and Awakenings, Understanding Revival, Revival Fire and Revival Answers - True and False Revivals. As a revival historian, Mathew collates, documents and records revivals and awakenings from around the globe. He also films and co-presents ByFaith TV, which airs on more than a dozen Christian networks around the world as he has travelled to more than forty nations researching revivals and carrying out mission work.