The Impact of the Outpouring
Since the events in February 2023, many have asked, “what happened to the Asbury revival?” The community has worked hard to share what God did and spread the Gospel globally. Asbury’s pastoral care staff continues to disciple and mentor students impacted by the Outpouring through different initiatives on campus. Multiple groups of students have traveled nationally and internationally to share their testimonies and encourage churches while hearing reports of similar movements happening in other parts of the world.
Celebrating the Outpouring A Year Later
The Outpouring continued to make headlines one year later. Here are some of the reports from news outlets around the world and Christian magazines.
- Christianity Today: What the Asbury Revival Taught Me About Gen Z
- Christianity Today: What’s the Impact of Asbury’s Outpouring? John the Baptist Offers 3 Lessons
- The Gospel Coalition: Rumblings of Revival Among Gen Z?
- CBN: Asbury Awakening’s Impact Ongoing, One Year Later: ‘An Overwhelming Glimpse of God’
- Fox and Friends: One Year Anniversary of the Outpouring at Asbury University (video)
- ABC36: The One Year Anniversary of the Outpouring at Asbury University (video)
- WKYT: Asbury University reflects on the outpouring one year later
- Premier Christianity: We’re Contending for what we saw at Asbury – and more – in the UK
- Premier Christianity: How the Asbury Outpouring changed our church for good
- Peermag: One Year Later
- Juicy Ecumenism: Asbury Revival’s Surprise for America
- The Asbury Collegian: The Asbury Revival: One Year Later
Asbury Outpouring: A Flame Advancing
The Ambassador is a full-color publication mailed three times a year to alumni, parents and friends three times a year. The Ambassador serves as a link between the University and its constituency and builds loyalty and awareness of Asbury so readers will joyfully and sacrificially commit to the school’s vision and mission.
Read the Ambassador’s Spring 2023 issue Asbury Outpouring: A Flame Advancing to hear testimonies by students, faculty, and staff.
In The News
Hundreds of news outlets around the world reported on the Asbury Outpouring. Here are some of their reports.
- The Atlantic: When a Christian Revival Goes Viral
- CNN: A nonstop worship gathering at a Kentucky school echoes an old Christian tradition
- Fox News: Asbury revival brings ‘beautiful disruption’ and multi-generational community to post-COVID world
- Fox News: Thousands attend marathon prayer and worship service at Asbury University
- Time Magazine: What Asbury’s Christian Revival Says About America’s Need for Connection
- The New York Times: ‘Woodstock’ for Christians: Revival Draws Thousands to Kentucky Town
- The Washington Post: Why students at a Kentuckky Christian school are praying and singing round the clock
- The Economist: A Christian college in Kentucky has experienced a religious awakening
- NBC News: A nonstop Kentucky prayer ‘revival’ is going viral on TikTok, and people are traveling thousands of miles to take part
- Christianity Today: ‘No Celebrities Except Jesus’: How Asbury Protected the Revival
- Christianity Today: Asbury Professor: We’re Witnessing a ‘Surprising Work of God’
- Christianity Today: What Our Reaction to Revival Reveals About Us
- Relevant Magazine: Why Asbury University Decided to End Revival Services This Week
- Relevant Magazine: What Really Happened At Asbury?
- Lexington Herald-Leader: History repeats itself as another spontaneous revival sweeps Asbury University
- Cincinnati Enquirer: ‘The world has been watching’: How a small service at Asbury took the globe by storm
- Christianity Today: What the Asbury Revival Taught Me About Gen Z
- Christianity Today: What’s the Impact of Asbury’s Outpouring? John the Baptist Offers 3 Lessons
- The Gospel Coalition: Rumblings of Revival Among Gen Z?
- CBN: Asbury Awakening’s Impact Ongoing, One Year Later: ‘An Overwhelming Glimpse of God’
- Fox and Friends: One Year Anniversary of the Outpouring at Asbury University (video)
- ABC36: The One Year Anniversary of the Outpouring at Asbury University (video)
- WKYT: Asbury University reflects on the outpouring one year later
- Premier Christianity: We’re Contending for what we saw at Asbury – and more – in the UK
- Premier Christianity: How the Asbury Outpouring changed our church for good
- Peermag: One Year Later
- Juicy Ecumenism: Asbury Revival’s Surprise for America
- The Asbury Collegian: The Asbury Revival: One Year Later
The Asbury podcast is produced primarily by students and features succinct and impactful God-honoring conversations that inform, edify and encourage.
The Outpouring Podcasts can be found on Asbury’s This Is Asbury podcast, available wherever you listen to your podcasts! Or check out:
Lower in Humility: Reflections on two years after the Outpouring with Zach Meerkreebs. Listen here.
Outpouring Celebration, Part 3 — Scaffolding a movement.
Outpouring Celebration, Part 2 — “No Celebrity but Jesus”
Outpouring Celebration, Part 1 — “You knew you were sitting with Jesus”
Video Resources
A year ago, God generously poured out His power, presence, kindness, and gentleness, which captivated a generation and a lot of Christian leaders who needed hope. In Galatians 6:9, it says 'Don't grow weary for doing good, for in due time you will reap what you sow.' I think the Outpouring was an encouragement for those who were weary, getting to experience the reaping for those 16 days and even now."
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