Flashpoints of Revival: History's Mighty Revivals

Waugh, Geoff

This book surveys revivals, especially in the last 300 years, with many brief, first person reports.  I taught on renewal and revival in Bible Colleges in the South Pacific and in colleges in Brisbane, Australia.

Bounding across the vivid green ridges and gorges of Papua New Guinea's highlands, I found a gem in Meg, my wonderful wife, now in heaven.  We were both Australian missionaries and brought our first child home to our bamboo and grass house in the majestic highlands. We became grateful grandparents, proud of our extended family of three children and their children.  Together we have explored dynamic renewal and transforming revival.

My work with various church traditions gave me great scope for renewal ministry.  Part of that ministry was leading the interdenominational Renewal Fellowship in Brisbane.  I deeply appreciate the support and encouragement of that group, especially traveling as teams to various churches and to other countries. I'll always remember the June monsoon rains in Ghana that ceased on the first night of our open-air, combined-churches crusade there and began again the day after our last meeting.  I loved teaching inaugural courses on the History of Revivals and on Signs and Wonders at the warmly hospitable Asian Theological Seminary in Manila in the Philippines in their hot summer schools. Our mission teams trekked to dedicated little churches in the cities and villages of Nepal, India and Sri Lanka where a bewildering array of faith-filled Bible Schools inspired us all. They ranged from small local church ones in Nepal and Sri Lanka to the 600-student campus of the indigenous Indian Inland Mission near New Delhi in India.
 
In the nineties I began editing the interdenominational Renewal Journal and we published 20 issues in a decade.  They are now available on the web along with mission and publication news.
 
I taught at Trinity Theological College and the School of Ministries at Christian Heritage College in Brisbane. The CHC college offers degrees in ministry, education, social sciences, business and arts.  Initially they invited me to write the submission for the government accredited Bachelor of Ministry degree, and then I continued teaching there beyond being retired, or re-fired.  Their School of Ministries is also the Bible School for Christian Outreach Centre, an Australian revival movement with over 200 churches in Australia and more than 1400 in other nations.
 
Christians are one in Christ.  That is a theological fact and eternal reality.  As we rediscover that reality through repentance, reconciliation, unity and love, we also discover revival transformation.  God honors his promise in 2 Chronicles 7:14:  If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.