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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1997
Page
9
A crowded revival scene shows diverse attendees bringing items to garbage cans while evangelist Stephen Hill calls for purging evil and promises eternal life for altar responders. A frenzied rush as time dwindles ends with worshipers prostrate and bodies slain in the Spirit.
In Pensacola the Brownsville Assembly of God hosts a months long revival drawing 2,000 nightly seats and over 1.5 million attendees since Father’s Day 1995. Promoters label it a modern awakening led by Stephen Hill and John Kilpatrick, with emotional worship and mass conversions.
Women in Iowa City gather at St Andrew Presbyterian Church for World Day of Prayer at 12 30 p m Friday. Part of the offering supports Korea projects and Church Women United ministries. Korean women lead the observance. child care provided. The Gazette plans an Easter services directory on March 22. forms mailed to Linn County churches due March 14. additional forms available at Gazette City Desk.
The passage describes two major revivals in American history. The First Great Awakening began in the mid 1700s in Massachusetts with Jonathan Edwards and spread through New England under preachers like George Whitefield and Gilbert Tennent. The Second Great Awakening began in the 1790s, gaining momentum into the early 1800s, with Sydney Ahls tro m noting the catastrophic camp meetings in Kentucky at Cane Ridge in 1800 and 1801.
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