Heaven Invades Asbury, Again: Echoes of the 1970 Jesus Revolution Are Already Resounding

WILMORE, Kentucky – Starting this week, the Asbury revival is moving off campus and into the community. The hope is that the services will spread from place to place and spark a nationwide move of God. It’s a strategy that Asbury followed after a similar wave in 1970 that helped kick off the Jesus revolution. Rev. Jim McIlrath remembers the 1970 revival because he was there. “When I walked in those doors, it was almost like 53 years hadn’t passed. The same Spirit washed over me,“ he recalled. As an 18-year-old high school senior, McIlrath worked as a janitor at Asbury when revival broke out on that snowy morning, February 3rd, 1970. Read the full story from CBN’s Wendy Griffith: Download the free CBN News App: SUBSCRIBE to the CBN News Channel for more: