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Welcome to "The River"! This is where we conduct an extended examination and discussion of historic spiritual awakenings, including the one that's about to unfold in the House Church movement. Here at the Parousia Network we believe that the River of Ezekiel 47, the River of God's Spirit is about to flow in fresh power and blessing not seen in our generation. Here is where we post resources to encourage believers to learn, think and pray about a fresh spiritual outpouring in our generation.

Dr. J. Edwin Orr On Spiritual Awakenings of the 20th Century. Prior to his home-going in 1987, Dr. Orr was the unquestioned "dean" of revival students everywhere. He didn't simply study and write about revival, but personally witnessed and walked in much of what he reported. A prolific writer and a scholar with three earned doctoral degrees (Oxford, UCLA & Northwestern), we was also a lecturer and story teller. The following MP3 audio files are of a series of lectures he did on the history of Spiritual Awakenings of the 20th Century. They are still a treat and a wealth of information some thirty years after they were first delivered.
Lecture 1: The Forces At Work Lecture 2: The Welsh Revival Lecture 3: Revival In The United States
Lecture 4: Lecture 5: Revival In China Lecture 6
Lecture 7 Lecture 8 Lecture 9
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Articles On Revival
Many of the articles listed here are in Adobe PDF format. If you don't have Adobe Reader, click on the link here to get their free download. Not By Bread Alone: Daily Fasting Devotionals For The Hungry of Heart. This is a daily devotional book which devotionally examines every occurrence of fasting in Scripture. (PDF File) Proclaim A Fast!: Fasting For Renewal, Revival And Power In The Church Today. We believe in the importance of prayer and fasting in the life of God's people. For this reason we have posted our book on prayer and fasting. (PDF File)
When The Fire Fell: The Great Welsh Revival of 1904 And Its Meaning For Revival Today. This is the story of the greatest outpouring of God's Spirit in the last 100 years.  (PDF File) Historic Spiritual Awakenings And Market Place Transformation, by R. Maurice Smith A look at how historic spiritual awakenings have changed the market place of ideas and business. The Second Great Awakening, by R. Maurice Smith An overview of the spiritual outpouring that transformed the American frontier into "the Bible Belt" in the early 1800s. (PDF)
A Season of Prayer, Fasting And Repentance for Spiritual Revival And Community Transformation, by R. Maurice Smith. Every great spiritual outpouring of the last 250 years has involved fasting, prayer & repentance on the part of God's people. 'Nuff said? Praying The Price of Revival, by Dr. Stuart Anderson. A must read for those of you who are interested in revival (yep, even in the HC movement).