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Some of the backstory and personal encounters involved in the 2023 Asbury revival
Anonymous
One week before the big revival surprise of Feb. 8, a coalition that backs the Collegiate Day of Prayer released a promotional video Feb. 1.
The video starts with a narrator saying, “Fifty years ago, something extraordinary happened on one college campus.”
Then a witness from the time adds: “I thought I had seen everything. But today, I saw something that I have never seen before.”
A news anchor then comments: “It started at 10:00 yesterday morning. It didn’t end at 11:00 yesterday morning. It didn’t end at 11:00 last night. In fact, as Jim and I took the air, it was still going on.”
Then others add: “It all started when one student gave his testimony. That was followed by another. And the testimonies have been going ever since. … And as it spread, people began coming in from all around.”
Sound familiar?
Then Francis Chan, an evangelical preaching megastar, comes onto the video saying: “God, would you show your mercy on him, on her just the way you did with me? Because this is their only hope. We need him to change their hearts so that they can change the direction of our nation. We’re asking you, please, join us, join us for this day of prayer, join us in praying for these young people, believe that God can usher in something new through the power of our prayers.”
https://baptistnews.com/article/questions-to-ask-while-pondering-if-asbury-is-hosting-a-true-revival/
Anonymous
But Chan won’t be the only evangelical celebrity in attendance. According to the promo video description, Baptist pastor Rick Warren and worship leaders from the charismatic revivalist church International House of Prayer also will be involved. These events spreading across the nation are preplanned by evangelical marketing experts.
How can people claim the events are not about personalities when the promo video features Francis Chan, and its description mentions Rick Warren and other celebrities coming to the campus Feb. 23 for an Asbury revival-inspired day of prayer?
Dr. Kevin Brown, Asbury University president, addressed why they were “stopping” the revival on the school’s website:
I have been asked if Asbury is “stopping” this outpouring of God’s Spirit and the stirring of human hearts. I have responded by pointing out that we cannot stop something we did not start. This was never planned. Over the last few weeks, we have been honored to steward and host services and the guests who have traveled far and wide to attend them. The trajectory of renewal meetings is always outward—and that is beginning to occur. We continue to hear inspiring stories of hungry hearts setting aside daily routines and seeking Christ at schools, churches, and communities in the US and abroad.
The effort by committed men and women on our campus to redirect energy, forsake other obligations, work tirelessly around the clock, and provide single-minded labor to accommodate our students and incoming visitors has been the high point in my career. In fact, it may be the most extraordinary act of collective Godliness and hospitable goodwill I have ever witnessed in my life. I am forever grateful. I am forever changed.
https://relevantmagazine.com/faith/why-asbury-university-decided-to-end-revival-services-this-week/
Anonymous
Troy Day Was Francis Chan involved at the beginning of the revival? Who started it? I keep reading stories like “no one started it, no one’s leading it”. What are the facts behind such claims?
Anonymous
Anička Bubanová did you not read the article?
he posted a video the Sunday before
and students gathered in expectation of tonight
Anonymous
https://disntr.com/2023/02/17/rick-warren-francis-chan-and-the-kansas-city-false-prophets-to-join-asbury-revival/
Anonymous
ahaaa that’s why Peter Vandever has been quite of course – no surprise
Mike Bickle, the founder of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, is a false prophet who is aligned with the Kansas City Prophets, better known as the Kansas City False Prophets. He is a highly popular figure in the charismatic movement and hosted several conferences with former Southern Baptist Convention president, Ronnie Floyd—yet he is associated with several aberrant movements, including the New Apostolic Reformation and the Latter Rain movement.
Bickle allowed a random man who called himself Augustine to prophesy in his church, which he claims led to him hearing God speak to him audibly. Bickle and his followers are known for their problematic prophetic readings, which are often vague, ambiguous, and inaccurate. They are also associated with the Latter Rain movement, which includes false teachings about the roles of apostleship and prophets in the church, Christian ecumenism, and Dominion Theology.
Bickle also makes the heretical claim that the church causes the Great Tribulation and that Jesus will not return until the Church starts “globally crying out” for him to return. These claims are incompatible with the Christian faith as the Scriptures do not teach them. Bickle’s teachings are blasphemous and dangerous and should be avoided.
And these are all the people who are headed to Asbury University next week to conduct a huge false prophet festival. According to Collegiate Day of Prayer, “Let’s ADOPT and saturate EVERY CAMPUS in America in prayer … and join us LIVE from Asbury University on Feb 23rd at 8-10pm ET with special guests Rick Warren, Francis Chan, Allen Hood and worship leaders from International House of Prayer, Circuit Riders + Black Voices Movement, and Met By Love Worship. Let’s believe God for REVIVAL amongst believers on college campuses and SPIRITUAL AWAKENING amongst the lost. Father, revive the saved and save the lost!!”
https://www.pentecostaltheology.com/mike-bickle-is-dead-wrong-about-ted-cruz-again/
Anonymous
Troy Day Isn’t it Pentecostal to let ‘random’ Christians to prophesy in the church? What would be wrong about hearing the audible voice of God? Some of the arguments here don’t seem to really fit well.
I’d have to see specific allegations, not filtered through ‘discernment ministers.’ Some ‘discernment’ websites are written by cessationists who have problems with spiritual gifts and their own theological misunderstandings.
Anonymous
Link Hudson do you mean Peter Vandever or Mike Nickle?
Asbury is not pentecostal BTW sorry to break it to you this way
Anonymous
Troy Day I was talking about your points of criticism against Mike Bickle. If its ‘Pentecostal’ to let random people prophesy in church, why would Bickle allowing that be a piece of evidence against him? And why would a claim to hearing the audible voice of God be some kind of evidence against the individual who made the claim… from a Pentecostal perspective?
Anonymous
Link Hudson What evidence against him? What are you talking about – are you talking about Rick and Francis wanting to take overt Asbury ?
Anonymous
Troy Day look up the thread to the post I responded to please, your post.
Anonymous
It is a false revival. We’ve seen them before.
Anonymous
Duane L Burgess,You are right and ten’s OC thousands are wrong?You need to go to a service before you judge everyone.
Anonymous
i dunno about this SOMETHING DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT ABOUT THIS..
Anonymous
Darren Haumaha what do you mean
Anonymous
Troy Day Asbury revival
Anonymous
I think we should wait to judge until after the collegiate day of prayer. Let’s examine what occurs there vs what happened in the past couple of weeks.
Anonymous
Brett Dobbs how do you figure ?
Anonymous
So your thesis is this was planned and not spontaneous? I find it interesting it ends when the movie about Jesus Movement that started at Asbury 1970 starts in theatres.
Anonymous
Derek Godfrey well what do you make of it ? ?
you have rick and chann releasing a video
then it starts – then BOTH schools stop it
then you have 1 of the schools kind of going BUT NOT tonight 🙂
the other one says after sunday call me maybe
you ask the same stuff as Brett Dobbs
maybe we should ask wiseman Philip
Anonymous
Troy Day God has things planned, doesn’t he?
Anonymous
Troy Day I’ve been suspicious of it from the start, before all of this info came out.
Anonymous
J.D. King Is Francis Chan a false teacher?
Category 4
Verdict: Various discernment ministries have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Francis Chan is a false teacher.
Preface
Part of how this Discernment ministry operates is taking in reader questions about prevalent teachers. Francis Chan has received a record number of requests (previously held by Levi Lusko), and due to him leading the field of requests, this investigation into his teachings was undergone. You can make a request here and see our answered verdicts here.
Anonymous
Troy Day Yes, Chan is a false teacher.
Anonymous
Brett Dobbs is there CollegiateDayOfPrayer LIVE anywhere like they promised in the video ?
Anonymous
Troy Day yes
https://www.youtube.com/live/q54rf-BA_ss?feature=share
Anonymous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX2iOoSyjkU
Anonymous
tell us Brett Dobbs did anything happen last night @ Asbury with Rick and Chan – post a video here so we can see it pls
Anonymous
Troy Day I haven’t had the chance to investigate. I’ll report back once I have.
Anonymous
here we go Brett Dobbs https://www.pentecostaltheology.com/live-from-asbury-university-collegiate-day-of-prayer/
Anonymous
Not a genuine biblical revival.
If Chan is there, run!
Anonymous
Duane L Burgess well we never saw him there
did you see him Brett Dobbs
What should I think about it now?
Anonymous
Troy Day nope never saw Chan there.
Anonymous
Brett Dobbs we did see him release a call to Asbury to start praying the night before it all started so…
Anonymous
Troy Day I don’t think that is something to make a big deal over.
Anonymous
what is the BOTTOM line? Brett Dobbs Gary Micheal Epping was it real ?
Anonymous
Troy Day from what I saw from various clips and videos and interviews. I believe it was real.
A real movement of God.
Anonymous
Brett Dobbs well now I can show you clips of anything you want