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Korea – North and South, Revivals & War – Last 125 Years
The first Korean religious revival, the Wonsan Revival Movement (1903-1906), peaked in 1906 with 30,000 new converts in that single year. However, the movement waned and disappeared by the middle of that year. A second wave, the Pyongyang Great Revival (1907-1910), followed. Prior to this revival, Pyongyang in 1907 was a city notorious for its vices, known for ‘wine, women, and song.’
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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.
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The First Protestant Missionary to Korea
Robert Jermain Thomas was the first Protestant missionary to Korea and he was martyred for his faith.
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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!
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Korean Revival & Evangelistic Campaigns 1950-80s
I saw revival in Korea. I saw more than 25,000 persons profess to accept Christ as Saviour within six weeks. I saw more than four thousand persons daily at 5am prayer meetings. I saw hundreds continue all night in prayer for days on end.
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Short-Term Missions in the Bible
Abraham must have been pestered and perhaps even cross-examined by his family when God called him to go on his mission, leaving as men would say, ‘a certain for an uncertain good.’
