Revival Burning Bushes
The history of Christianity is the history of revivals.
Like all movements, Christianity started with passion ,fervency, and fire.
But soon, stagnation and traditions took over and the fire was quenched.
Beautiful churches that were architectural marvels were erected –often with no life, suffocating legalism, and a spirituality wanting.
Christianity is radical and Jesus Christ is the greatest revolutionary ever!
Revival is about returning life (reviving) in individual believers, churches, or congregations that are – for lack of abetter word – on life support or clinically dead and in need of resuscitation!
Without continuous revivals, Christian spirituality stagnates and dies.
The following from Revival TV provides an excellent interactive timeline of revivals.
Interestingly it starts with the AD 301 revival of the Armenians : the first nation that accepted Christianity as a nation.
Revival Radio has many informative videos on revivals throughout the centuries.
Several of his eopisodes cover the Armenian revivals and more imporantly their impact on awakenings and revivals in the US and around the world.
Examples of More Recent Revivals
God is still lighting burning bushes across the world today.
1The Asbury Outpouring (2023)
Filmed on campus during the 16-day outpouring, with firsthand accounts from students and staff — tracing the spread to Lee, Samford, Baylor, Cedarville and 30+ other campuses.
2America's Campus Awakening — Ohio State
The student-led Ohio State event where roughly 60 students were baptized and Buckeye football players gave testimonies before a crowd of up to 2,000.
3The East African Revival, Still Burning
Alive since 1929. Professor Yusta Kaahwa shares how the revival’s flame still moves across East African communities today.
4North Africa's Quiet Awakening
Tom Doyle, author of Dreams and Visions, explains why so many Muslims across the Maghreb are encountering Jesus through dreams and visions.
5Iran's Underground Church
Sheep Among Wolves Vol. II — a rapidly reproducing discipleship movement with no buildings and no budget, predominantly led by women.
6China's House Church Multiplication
The China Soul documentary The Cross: Jesus in China, on how believers grew from 700,000 in 1949 to tens of millions under communist rule.
7Million-Person Gospel Crusades — Zambia
Daniel Kolenda and CfaN: an 11-city campaign of 55 nights of meetings resulting in over one million documented decisions for Christ.
8Britain's Quiet Revival
A growing spiritual openness among Gen Z that is drawing young Britons back toward church, the Bible and the Christian faith.
9A Persevering Church in the Sahel
Faith in the Fire — the perseverance and growth of the Nigerian church under escalating persecution across the Sahel.
