Every few generations, something shifts. Rooms fill that used to sit empty. Young people who were supposed to have left the church walk in instead — and stay. Baptisms happen in cold seas and pickup truck beds. Nobody planned it. That is what revival looks like when it is real.
The stories here come from Britain, from American campuses, from California beaches and crusades in Ghana. The church has learned to be careful about big claims. But the numbers are hard to ignore — and the faces behind them, harder still.
Read this page as an invitation, not a report. "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven…" (2 Chronicles 7:14, KJV). Revival starts the same way it always has: with people on their knees.
Stories in This Collection
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Revival"Full-Fat Faith": UK Church Leaders Gather as Gen Z Fuels Five Years of Church Growth
Five straight years of growth, packed baptism beaches, record Bible sales — church leaders gathered in Woking, England, to ask what God is doing in Britain, and how to make room for the young people showing up.
RevivalDoctor Turned Evangelist's Tent Revival Baptizes 3,000 in One Year
Former family doctor Braden Andersen left medicine in 2022 for a big white tent. His Jesus Tent Revival has now baptized more than 3,000 people in a single year.
RevivalMississippi Church Baptizes 59 After August Revival Reaches College Campus
First Baptist Poplarville baptized 59 people during its August revival week, with 52 immersed in concrete troughs outside a packed Mississippi college theater on the final night.
RevivalLatest: 550 Baptized in Freezing North Sea as UK Revival Accelerates
550 strangers answered one man's social-media invitation and walked into the freezing North Sea at Bridlington to be baptized — what could be Britain's largest mass baptism in modern history.
RevivalUK Church Attendance Rises for Fifth Straight Year as Bishops Gather
The Church of England reported 1.023 million regular worshippers in 2025 — the fifth straight year of growth — as around 500 clergy gathered in Woking to celebrate baptisms, confirmations, and a Gen Z surge.
RevivalLatest: 700 Students Choose Christ and 100 Baptized at Appalachian State Revival
More than 700 Appalachian State students committed their lives to Christ in one night — and about 100 were baptized on the spot in pickup truck beds filled with water.
RevivalBishop Philip North calls Lancashire churches to prepare for spiritual rebirth
A sitting bishop told his own clergy the decline narrative is dead: young adults are walking into Lancashire churches, and confirmation rows now include grown adults on fire for the Gospel.
RevivalFranklin Graham Sees Pockets of Revival After 800 Turn to Christ in Manchester
More than 800 people walked forward for Christ at Franklin Graham's God Loves You Tour in Manchester — and Graham says the UK is seeing pockets of revival.
RevivalGen Z Catholic Revival: Vatican Urges Caution as France Baptisms Jump 26%
France reports a 26% jump in baptisms, a Harvard study shows Gen Z Catholics rising — and the Vatican's new document warns against triumphalism.
RevivalThousands Baptized at Oceanside Beach: Inside the Movement San Diego Revival 2026
Thousands gathered at the Oceanside Pier Amphitheater on October 17, 2026 for Movement San Diego's mass baptism event with Circuit Rider Music and Upper Room — part of the Baptize The World movement.
RevivalLove Ghana Festival Today: Evangelist Andrew Palau Leads Kumasi Gospel Crusade to Reach 2 Million
Evangelist Andrew Palau leads the six-day Love Ghana Festival in Kumasi, climaxing Oct 24-25, 2026 at the Kumasi Racecourse, with organizers aiming to reach 2 million people across Greater Kumasi.
RevivalMovement San Diego 2026 Baptisms: Thousands Baptized at Oceanside Pier October 17
Thousands gathered at Oceanside Pier on October 17, 2026, for Movement San Diego 2026, a multi-church gathering of worship, prayer, evangelism and mass ocean baptisms.
Revival2 in 3 UK Christians Are Now Evangelicals: Landmark 2026 Study Says the Church Is Young, Diverse and Growing
A landmark 2026 Evangelical Alliance study finds two in three practising UK Christians are evangelicals. Gavin Calver: 'The evangelical church in the UK is thriving: it's young, diverse, and growing.'More Collections
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