How many revivals took place in the 20th century? According to a new book I just released on Amazon, there were, at the very least, twenty such revivals in the twentieth century. There are very few books today that go into such depth as The Twenty Revivals of the Twentieth Century does.
When Did I Begin The Twenty Revivals of the Twentieth Century?
It was many years ago when I first took pen to paper and began jotting down some of the revivals that occurred during the last century. In fact, most of the early research for this book started at least a decade ago. At that time, the twentieth century had barely ended. Yet, looking back upon the century, the realisation came that there were at the very least twenty revivals during that one century alone. This may come as a surprise to some, considering it averages out to one spiritual awakening every five years! So, one could say, the early twentieth century was an era of revolutions.
Why This Book?
I wrote the Twentieth Revivals of the Century because there are so many stories that need to be told. Stories of sweeping revivals, which happened all across the globe. Religious awakenings that occurred in various parts of the world, making headlines today—sometimes for all the wrong reasons. Nations like North Korea’s Pyongyang, which had at one stage, in 1907, over 3,000 people in one church. Who would think when looking at the North Korea of today under the current regime, Pyongyang was once called the Jerusalem of East Asia!
Then, there is Japan, which almost became a Christian nation. Leading up to the twentieth century, Christianity in this country began gaining ground at a rapid pace. It even got to the point where some non-Christian government officials also suggested that Christianity could become the state religion. Such was the impact heading into the twentieth century that some said not to send any foreign missionaries into Japan. Why? Because the homegrown churches were gaining so much ground. Besides this, many also believed that if the local Christians continued the way they were going, wrote Verbeck in 1889, “you need not, after 1890; send any more missionaries to Japan.” So, what was the date for the expected Christianization of the country? The writer continues, “Some put 1890 as the date, some 1895, but no one puts it any later than 1900!” [1] Verbeck, “Dr. G Verbeck, on Japan,” 411
