Updated in 2020. Revival Fires and Awakenings features thirty-six of the most powerful revivals and awakenings from world history, as well as little known visitations of the Holy Spirit. These revivals span eighteen countries on six continents and whilst each move of God is different, the author reveals the common characteristics and reoccurring experiences which come to the fore during times of God’s showers of blessing. Throughout the book there is a watermark and undercurrent of the influences of the British Awakening (1739-1791) and the Welsh Revival (1904-1905) and how Christians were stirred and encouraged by past visitations of the Holy Spirit; or encouraged and inspired by the lives of revivalists, to see the blessing of revival in their own town or nation. Read about the glorious workings of God during times of heavenly visitations: Revived Christians, saved sinners, transformed communities and nations; healings, physical phenomena, conviction of sin, miracles, signs and wonders, deliverance from demons, prayer and intercession. Including visions and prophecies of revival for the United Kingdom and beyond. Learn from the past, be challenged for today and be inspired for the future!

Spanning four centuries, this book features 30 accounts of revivals and awakenings in nineteen countries from six continents. Whilst each revival is different the author reveals the common characteristics and reoccurring experiences which come to the fore during times of God's visitation. Read about the heaven-sent blessings, conviction of sin, conversions, healings, physical phenomena, miracles, signs and wonders, deliverances and more. Learn from the past, be challenged for today and be inspired for the future! The book covers: Revivals in Scripture, understanding revivals and awakenings, the characteristic and fruit of revival, why revival is needed, how to see revival, prayer and intercession for revival, opposition, and why revivals cease, visions and prophecies of revival for the United Kingdom and beyond, our responsibility, repentance and personal holiness. The book features some of the most powerful revivals and awakenings from world history, including: The Great Awakenings (American and Britain), 1859 (USA, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England) and 1904 revivals, Azusa Street Outpouring, Congo, Korean, Indonesian, Lewis and Harris, Pensacola and Argentinean revivals and includes moves of God in Cornwall, Dundee, Kilsyth, East Anglia, North Uist, Ghana, China, Japan, Manchuria, New Zealand, Soviet Union, Nigeria, India and many other places. Read about some of the greatest revivalist's that ever lived: Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, John and Charles Wesley, Howell Harris, Charles Finney, General Booth, J.C. Lamphier, C.H. Spurgeon, Evan Roberts, William Seymour, Jonathan Goforth, Jock Troup, J. Edwin Orr, Duncan Campbell, Tommy Hicks, Mary Morrison, Carlos Annacondia, Steve Hill, John Kilpatrick and many others. The author: Mathew Backholer films and co-presents ByFaith TV (www.byfaithtv.co.uk), which airs on Christian networks around the world. He has travelled all over the globe on Christian missions and has carried a passion for revival for more than a decade. As an evangelist and former staff member of the Bible College of Wales (founded by Rees Howells), he led teams of students for weeks of evangelism, outreach clubs aimed for children, youth camps, and ministered as an itinerant preacher. Mathew continues his world missions, writes for the ByFaith website (www.byfaith.co.uk) and is the author of Mission Preparation Training.

Updated in 2020. 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 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.

Published to mark the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, and updated in 2020. For the past five hundred years God has been pouring out His Spirit, to reform and to revive His Church. Reformation to Revival traces the Divine thread of God’s power from Martin Luther of 1517, through to the Charismatic Movement and into the twenty-first century, featuring 60 great revivals from 20 nations on five continents. Walk with George Fox during the Quaker Revival in Puritan England and into America; rejoice with Count Zinzendorf of the Moravian Revival and the great mission advance, and see America and Britain transformed under the preaching of Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, George Whitefield and friends during the Great Awakenings. Discover the depths of the great 1859 Revivals; labour with Jonathan Goforth of China, in Korea and Manchuria and see Wales transformed under the power of the Holy Spirit because of the faith of Evan Roberts. Read about the Pentecostal explosion of the Azusa Street Revival and the great works of God across Britain and America into the twenty-first century. Sixty revivals, awakenings and Heaven-sent visitations of the Holy Spirit in the nations of: Germany, Britain, America, Switzerland, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, China, Korea, Japan, Ghana etc., Manchuria (annexed by Russia), India, Australia, Ruanda, Argentina and Indonesia.

Updated in 2020. Revival Fire, 150 Years of Revivals features twelve of the most potent heaven-sent revivals that the world has seen in the past one hundred and fifty years. Including: the Prayer Meeting Revival of 1857 that reverberated around the world, the Azusa Street Revival that ushered in the modern Pentecostal movement, the Pyongyang Great Revival where the Korean church, less than a generation old, swept the country, the Gold Coast Revival on the west coast of Africa, and the Shillong Revival in India, of the twenty-first century. Discover how Christians prayed, the Scriptures that they pleaded, the challenges faced and how they saw the blessing of God in their towns and cities as the Holy Spirit came down and convicted saints, converted sinners and transformed lives unto the praise and glory of God! The author makes many references to other lesser known revivals and brings facts to life through the use of detailed descriptions, statistics, interviews and eye-witness accounts; coupled with his broad and extensive knowledge of revival church history makes this book informative, and a truly inspirational read. Learn from the past, be challenged for the present and be inspired for the future!

Updated in 2020. One man’s compelling journey of faith and intercession. Raised in a dysfunctional family and called for a Divine purpose, he ran from God, yet the world could not break nor tame him. Years later, he met with Jesus Christ in power through a dynamic encounter with the Holy Spirit and was changed forever. Sent out by God, he left employment to claim the ground for Jesus Christ, witnessing signs and wonders, spiritual warfare and deliverance. In a remarkable modern day story of miracles and faith, see how God can take a depressed, defeated individual, teach him faith and use him the glory of God. A gripping true-life story.

Updated in 2020. Understanding Revival and Addressing the Issues It Provokes guides us through centuries of God's Divine visitations and reveals what we can expect to see, as God rends the heavens and pours out His Spirit. Read about revivals from the Bible and Church history, Divine paradoxes and times of solemn commotion - revived Christians, saved communities, churches on fire and transformed nations. What happens in true heaven-sent revival. The theology and practical application of revival. The workings of Holy Spirit during times of revivals. How to discern between God's dynamics and the demonic. How to handle those in the flesh + warnings from Scripture. The Devil as an infiltrator and imitator and how to stand firm. How to deal with physical phenomena and manifestations. Learning the lessons from past revivals and awakenings. The purpose of revival merchandise and memorabilia. The dangers, joys and diversities of genuine revivals. Why we need revival and how we can see it. Through the use of Scripture and church history Understanding Revival reveals how we can intelligently cooperate with the Holy Spirit during times of revivals and awakenings and not reject His workings due to religious affections, physical phenomena or manifestations and that we may not be caught unaware of the tactics of the enemy.