The 1970 Asbury College Revival - Documentary

On February 3, 1970 all heaven broke loose during Asbury College’s 10 a.m. chapel service. Asbury College is located in Wilmore, Kentucky. The service, a routine meeting, was scheduled for 50 minutes. Instead, it lasted 185 hours non-stop, 24 hours a day. Intermittently, it continued for weeks. Ultimately, it spread across the United States and into foreign countries. Some say it is being felt even today. On that Tuesday morning in 1970, students and faculty members had shown up at the college’s chapel, Hughes auditorium, for what they assumed would be one more routine meeting. Custer Reynolds, Asbury’s academic dean and a Methodist layman, was in charge. Reynolds did not preach. Instead, he briefly gave his testimony, then issued an invitation for students to talk about their own Christian experiences. There was nothing particularly unusual about that. One student responded to his offer. Then another. Then another. “Then they started pouring to the altar,” Re