• ByFaith News,  Holy Spirit,  Mathew Backholer,  Missions,  Podcasts,  Revival

    Revival and Mission Podcast

    The strongest, most explosive revivals didn’t just happen in Europe or America; they ignited on the mission fields of Asia, Africa, Latin America and beyond. Mathew reveals how outpourings of the Holy Spirit among unreached peoples didn’t just save souls; they supercharged the advance of global missions, turning new believers into fearless evangelists who reached entire nations in a single generation. In this captivating episode of the Raw Mission podcast, host Matt from Frontiers UK sits down with Mathew Backholer to uncover one of the most overlooked truths in church history.

  • Finances,  Mathew Backholer,  Missions,  Spiritual Warfare,  Worship

    J. Hudson Taylor – Economize to Evangelize

    In China, J. Hudson Taylor was a medical missionary and a pioneer. He lived to serve God and the Chinese and came down to their level to identify with their needs. This self-sacrifice of living in Chinese dwellings, eating Chinese food, wearing Chinese clothes as well as having a Chinese-style haircut and pigtail was outrageous for many European missionaries from different organisations who scoffed at the naïve lad in his early twenties.

  • Intercession,  Missions,  Prayer,  Rees Howells,  Samuel Rees Howells

    Revivals in Africa, 10,000 Souls for Christ

    A prayer that changed a family's destiny. August 1912, the month of Samuel Howells' birth, saw his parents, Rees and Lizzie, petitioning for African missionaries. Then, a Divine intervention: "I will send you." This unexpected answer thrust them into a profound dilemma. Their infant son, Samuel, could not survive the African climate, making this commission a test of their faith and obedience.

  • Intercession,  Missions,  Prayer,  Rees Howells,  Samuel Rees Howells

    China 1930s to 1990s – Mission Advance Persecution & Revival

    Rees Howells had led the staff and students of the Bible College of Wales in prayer for China on many occasions. In 1936, he sold land and gave it to evangelise one thousand villages in China. Meanwhile, after World War II (1939-1945), whilst the West was occupied with threats from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a small group of revolutionaries swept themselves into power in China, as Satan sought to capture the souls of one-fifth of humanity!