Asbury ‘revival’ planned or an answer to prayer? Video posted a week before ‘revival’ began raises questions

By admin On Feb 20, 2023

While many are declaring that the “revival” taking place at Asbury University is real with people from various Christian denominational backgrounds praising the event and testifying of its authenticity—including those who preach a different gospel, such as Catholics and homosexual-affirming religious individuals, some are raising questions over a video that was posted online a week prior to the event beginning.

In a video that was posted to YouTube on February 1, a week before the “revival” began on February 8, heavily highlighted Asbury University’s previous “revival” 50 years ago and pointed viewers to “join us” for a day of prayer set to take place “live from Asbury University” on February 23, with the concluding statement of “Lord, do it again.”

“Let’s ADOPT and saturate EVERY CAMPUS in America in prayer (go to http://collegiatedayofprayer.org to adopt a campus) 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!!” the video’s caption reads.

“Oh my goodness! And this was aired 12 days ago…. Revival of peace and presence has broken out excited to join live in the 23rd oh boy I feel fire on that,” reads a comment by Ashley Gutierrez under the video.

“Wow, they had been planning this before the revival broke? Lord did it again, on His own timing! What will they now pray for on the 23rd 😃” another commented was posted with the username “Inviting Creativity” under the video.

The Asbury event has garnered the support and following of many people around the world.

As previously reported, in an online interview that has been now viewed over 100,000 times, several Asbury students and an adjunct professor, Clint Baldwin, joined false teacher Tony Campolo’s pro-gay, progressive protégé, Shane Claiborne, to discuss the “revival” at Asbury University on the YouTube channel for “Red Letter Christians”—a group headed by Campolo and Claiborne.

Tony Campolo, 87, is a well-known self-identifying evangelical speaker and author who came out in support for “full acceptance” of homosexuality in the Church in 2015 and is “professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University.”

Additionally, Todd Bentley, who once claimed to activate the power of God by kicking a woman in the face with his biker boot, spent “several days” at the Asbury, citing that he was “totally refreshed after 3 days at #AsburyRevival outpouring!” However, the university stated that he was not invited to speak in addressing his post about being “booked” there.

Furthermore, the “revival” seems that have envigored others in their religious practices and experiences, including Catholics who also took part in the event.

In one interview with OSV News, “Father” Norman Fischer, leader of St. Peter Claver Church in Lexington, Kentucky, and chaplain at Lexington Catholic High School, who was apparently wearing an alb and stole at the service, and who stated that he “got into praise mode”—calling it a “modernized Taizé experience” and found himself “filled with love.”

Fischer is reference seems to refer to the religious music and chants sung and led by young people at the “Taizé Community” in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France, which is the site of an “ecumenical monastic community” composed of both Catholic and Protestants.

“I think there is truly a way to tie this to the Eucharistic Revival, but there’s got to be a willingness to be open to the Holy Spirit, who can say, ‘I don’t want to be finished at 8 p.m.,’” Fischer further told the news outlet. “Can your church handle that? Is it willing?”

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