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  Black churches embrace spiritual awakenings with open arms, tent revivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
At revival, the music of the praise team shakes the tent; worshippers speak in tongues; members, anointed with oil, fall to the floor, buckled by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Revivals for the fl faithful were kindled in summer's twilight nearly two centuries ago.
In the tent, along with power, deliverance and healing, were a choir, an organ and an electric piano.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04312/406901.stm   (2007 words)

  
  Revival meeting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The focus at revival meetings is often on the sermon, which is usually delivered by a well-known minister from outside the immediate area in which the meeting is being held in order to enhance the event as "special".
Most groups holding revival meetings tend to be of a conservative or fundamentalist nature, although the phenomenon is far from unheard of in Mainline groups, which used to conduct them with a far greater frequency and fervor in some instances than is now fashionable.
Many revivals are attempts to catch much of the flavor and fervor of the camp meeting without exposing their participants to the physical rigors of such an experience.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Revival_meeting   (615 words)

  
 ThePilot.com : STEVE CRAIN: Tent Revivals Big Part of Summertime
Summertime is tent revival time -- well, it was in the 1950s when no one I knew, nor the church or public elementary school I attended, enjoyed air conditioning.
Of course, as one preacher said, "You can't revive a dead man." He meant that a dead-in-trespasses-and-sins person has to first "come alive in Christ," or attempts to revive him will be as futile as, to use an old expression, beating a dead horse.
Revival tents have mostly disappeared from the South, which regional writer Susan Ketchin called a "Christ-haunted landscape." Today's evangelists often rent stadiums and civic centers.
www.thepilot.com /stories/20060801/scene/religion/20060801Crain.html   (699 words)

  
 Democrat & Chronicle: Local tent revivals take faith to streets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Several tent revivals are being held in the area.
The invitation for a changed life was central to last week's tent revival at Jefferson and Columbia avenues — and central to the thousands of other tent revivals that dot the globe.
Lightfoot's revival on Jefferson Avenue was held in memory of his late father, a former county legislator, and in cooperation with Greater Adams Street Church of God by Faith.
www.democratandchronicle.com /news/0807IN55MJ0_news.shtml   (1238 words)

  
 Howard Finster: Elvis and Angels
The revival meeting, the first of which was probably the famous Cane Ridge Revival in the summer of 1801, was, and still is, a transforming experience for many, primarily in the rural South.
In general terms, the tent revival is loosely organized and allows for the spontaneous participation of anyone who feels "called" to participate.
The revival sermon is often improvised, yet punctuated with certain stock refrains, just as Finster's painting is always evolving and clearly self-taught, yet adherent to several recurrent themes and motifs.
xroads.virginia.edu /~CAP/Finster/finster3.html   (930 words)

  
 Tent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The tents are made of vinyl and are brightly colored.
Tents must be checked out by a church or association.
Tent Set Up The tent must be placed on a flat surface, free of power lines and trees.
www.mtsbc.org /Leadership/Tent1.htm   (359 words)

  
 "Evangelism On The Go!" Tent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The tent is housed in its own special "Evangelism On The Go!" trailer.
The tent is provided to Kentucky Baptists on a first come, first served basis.
I'm proud that there is a resource such as the tent available for such purposes.
www.kybaptist.org /kbc/welcome.nsf/printpages/EvanTent   (142 words)

  
 titusonenine » Blog Archive » “There’s a meetin’ there, in a tent, to set down ...
Tent meetings are not the traditional culture of Episcopalians, but Mississippi’s 20,000 Episcopalians are invited Saturday to help break that mold in a state enmeshed in Christian tent revivals.
Bishop Duncan Gray III is holding an all-day tent meeting on the grounds of the Duncan M. Gray Episcopal Camp and Conference Center near Canton and is asking for 20 percent of the average Sunday attendance from each church to come.
I lost count of the “tent meeting/revivals” I attended as a child and young person so I’m very well acquainted with what “tent meetings” are all about.
titusonenine.classicalanglican.net /?p=8475   (503 words)

  
 Rockingham News: Tent revival raises faithful
About 200 of the faithful were jumping and jiving in the aisles on Wednesday, singing along during the second night of a three-night tent revival at the Holy Angels Parish on Atkinson Depot Rd. (Route 121).
The revival in Plaistow is the second stop on a five-parish tour which comes to St. Michael's in Exeter in September.
He is not worried that tent revivals are not historically part of the Catholic tradition.
www.seacoastonline.com /2000news/rock/r7_28a.htm   (649 words)

  
 Pole tents,Frame tents,new,used,manufacturer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Over 20 years of installing other manufacturers tents as well as our own has helped us to develop andperfect a high quality,well built tent,far superior to what many manufacturers are currently offering.
Of course Traditional quarterpole tents of all sizes are also available.
We started out over 25 years ago installing tents for revivals,we still believe tents are a great way to reach out and evangelize.We've proudly built tents and rented tents for numerous revivals in the US and Mexico.
www.rentatentinc.com /pages/5   (137 words)

  
 Jubilee Revivals Inc. :: Preaching the uncompromised Gospel of Jesus
My wife Gayle and I have a 40' x 60' tent which we happily move from one location to another, spreading the Gospel of a loving saviour who can meet your needs, and who wants to help you.
Jubilee Revivals is the evangelistic ministry of Rev. Keith D. Jordan and his wife Gayle.
This ministry owns a tent, but we will be glad to minister in churches or auditoriums, as well as open-air type settings.
www.freewebs.com /jubileerevivals   (343 words)

  
 Miami-Dade County - Building
Tents are to be at least 25 feet from street and 30 feet from property lines.
A tent revival is permitted on bona fide church premises, on industrial properties and on properties zoned BU-2 or BU-3.
Parking requirements for tent revivals shall be calculated on the basis of one parking space for every 50 sq.
www.miamidade.gov /building/faq-short-term.asp   (1729 words)

  
 Tent revival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tent revival is a gathering of Christian worshipers into a large make shift tent erected specifically for Revival meetings healing crusades, and church rallies.
It is a follow on from the old camp meetings in which religious people gathered to hear a preacher.
Tent revials are still active today in many modern countries but are very popular in Africa, where some churches have permanent tents erected.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tent_revival   (146 words)

  
 RPG.NET Cyberthulhu Resources
The revivals are especially popular, featuring the usual speaking in tongues, faith healing, and testimonials, as well as singing and prayer.
James (who claims to have a doctorate in divinity) then concludes his tent revivals with what he calls his "Two Minutes of Meditation on the Word" where he and the flock share two minutes of silence to, ostensibly, meditate on the word of God.
The Doctor's sermons have become more apocalyptic and full of fire and brimstone then they used to be and his revivals have become angry affairs, full of shouting about doomsday and disparaging of those who have not accepted The Word.
www.rpg.net /realm/cyber/wordup.html   (670 words)

  
 Tent
Ferree felt led of the spirit to conduct a tent meeting in hopes of attracting a different type of people than would normally enter a church.
A tent ministry was born and for almost 22 years now Bro.
He works with any church or individual that wants to see a move of God in their area.
www.michaelferreeministries.com /tent.htm   (119 words)

  
 Collection captures Eddie Martin's innovative soul-winning methods - (BP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Evangelist Eddie Martin was known for preaching tent revivals, some of which accommodated crowds of more than 3,000.
The photographs illustrate the crusades, revivals and soul-winning campaigns conducted by Martin primarily in the South and Southwest, and the film and sound recordings illuminate the holdings with action and sound from the great crusades conducted in assembly halls, football fields, stadiums and tents.
One of the notable draws was a tent that would seat 3,000, and it often overflowed.
www.bpnews.net /bpnews.asp?Id=15248   (1456 words)

  
 Mennonite Life - September 2002 - Brunk revival sermon
In Ruth's judgement, the long-run effect of the revivals was to depart from traditional Mennonitism.
The revivals prompted a good deal of criticism in the church, as documented by Dale F. Dickey, in "Responses of North American Mennonites to the Tent Revivals, 1951 to 1962," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, January 1996.
From a twenty-first century perspective of glitzy televised revivalism, the tent revivals of the 1950s may appear primitive and rustic.
www.bethelks.edu /mennonitelife/2002sept/brunk.php   (9479 words)

  
 EVANGELIST HAS ``SOMETHING GOOD'' FOR REVIVAL ORAL ROBERTS HELPS LAUNCH REVIVALFEST '95 WITH CBN TENT MEETING THRONG.
In beginning its crusade with tent revivals, CBN is harking back to a time before advanced technology and satellites allowed it to broadcast the gospel message around the globe.
The American tent revival movement, which began in the 1830s, reached its peak in the second half of the 20th century, but by the 1960s, had lost much of its attraction as evangelists moved to new air-conditioned auditoriums and convention centers.
Across the sawdust-strewn floor of the tent, the crowd of young and old was on its feet, praying and raising arms.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950926/09260298.htm   (832 words)

  
 Gathering--Amish or Shawnee?
Each night crowds came and the tents overflowed, until after five weeks the tents were moved to an airport on the edge of the city.
Calls to conduct revivals have come from many states, and meetings are now booked for a couple of years in advance.
It was after eleven when the meetings were dismissed, although generally the huge tent was nearly empty, except for those who lingered, some with loved ones who had found themselves anew, others with acquaintances, all marveling at this thing which had come to pass.
www.mcusa-archives.org /Resources/gathering--reviveusagain.html   (2266 words)

  
 DailyProgress.com | Tent revival brings faith, filmmakers
Tent revivals, a pillar of “old-time religion,” are indeed unique, Wynn said from Cleveland this week.
His mother-in-law was one of those people, when he persuaded her to come to one of his revivals.
His main goal is to carry on with the revival, though, where several people have repented each year.
www.dailyprogress.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP/MGArticle/CDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784244033&path=!news   (297 words)

  
 Noisy Tent Revivals - New York Times
Your Aug. 7 news article on urban tent revivals does not discuss those revivals conducted in open tents that touch crowded apartment buildings in already noisy neighborhoods.
Every night in July and August a church in my East Harlem neighborhood conducts a revival on a city-owned lot that is surrounded by residential apartment buildings.
Clearly, no summerlong, nightly rock festival would be allowed to carry on in this manner, nor would a revival at Park Avenue and 80th Street.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E7DE143AF931A2575BC0A96E958260   (119 words)

  
 Evangelistic Revivals Index | United Christian Church & Ministerial Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Most ministers who are and have been taught, schooled, and associated with this ministry are successful in revival evangelism.
All people, races, colors and creeds come to the revivals of these ministers and all are welcome.
The haves and the have-nots, the educated, and the uneducated all become one in these revivals.
www.unitedchristianchurch.com /E_index   (329 words)

  
 "The Old Ways", He Is Able Page 056 at http://www.he-is-able.com/page056.html
From chilly April through sweltering September, there was a tent revival somewhere in driving distance.
No one was turned away: many a new life started in an old-fashioned tent revival.
Whether we ever return to the brush arbors, the tent revivals, the foot washings or the Jericho marches, we desperately need to return to the humility of those attitudes.
www.he-is-able.com /page056.html   (1285 words)

  
 Revival? What for?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
There have been tent revivals, and crusade revivals, and Evangelists revivals, and the big one everyone is currently waiting for.
Revival is for the dead, and God is the God of the living.
A revival (like a tent revival) is a word that tells me "hey we're gonna go to church tonight and its gonna be more upbeat than usual and time to regroup my walk with the Lord and get stronger" kinda like when we go Happy New Year!
ibelieve.com /fb.aspx?m=2086608   (3924 words)

  
 Tents, Party tents, pole tents and frame tents by Ohenry
Ohenry party tents are built to withstand the frequent use of the tent rental industry.
Choosing the right tent can be a complicated process because there are many factors to consider.
Whether you need your tent for tent rentals, tent revivals, or for temporary storage, an Ohenry tent is your best choice.
www.ohenrytents.com   (142 words)

  
 Religious Group Gains National Press Attention by Offering Chance to be Saved at Tent Revival : ArriveNet Press ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Evangelist Brother Anthony Wynn and Oasis Ministries is holding a weeklong tent revival in Wolftown, VA (60 minutes from Washington, D.C.) on Aug. 5-12 at 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Pastor Jeff Shifflett of Wolftown Pentecostal Chapel, the tent revival is an annual event where everyone is welcome and invited.
Or visit their websites www.HolyGhostOnline.com and www.TentRevival.com for a map with directions to the tent revival, listings of other upcoming revivals and also listen to free audio sermons preached by Brother Anthony Wynn.
press.arrivenet.com /society/article.php/676596.html   (476 words)

  
 MatthewHall.net
And while there was a time when most Americans would have had some exposure to the protracted meetings and tent revivals of American revivalism, these relics of American religious history seem to have generally succumbed to extinction.
If tent revivals are to make a comeback, both within the Bible Belt and beyond, evangelicals will likely find themselves forced to reinterpret the practice for the new realities of the American religious marketplace.
Then again, perhaps the demand for tent revival meetings signals a dissatisfaction on the part of some evangelicals with the demands of perpetually attempting to compete with cultural standards of communication and entertainment.
www.matthewhall.net   (3470 words)

  
 "Evangelism On The Go!" Tent
The tent is housed in its own special "Evangelism On The Go!" trailer.
The tent is provided to Kentucky Baptists on a first come, first served basis.
I'm proud that there is a resource such as the tent available for such purposes.
www2.kybaptist.org /kbc/welcome.nsf/pages/EvanTent   (191 words)

  
 Mysterious Ways
In the summer, Ferree hits the road with his tent and trailer, and is part of a dwindling band of evangelists still preaching the Gospel at roadside tent revivals, usually for smaller sums than a celebrity evangelist might spend to have his hair done.
The day after the revival's opening night, Becky and Ronny Trammel sit down to lunch with Danielle and Terry Donaldson, a couple from Hot Springs, Ark. The Donaldsons were saved only months ago, and they emanate a sort of giddy enthusiasm about their faith, like people in the throes of their first romance.
The revival visitors make their way out to the parking lot, and the darkness outside the tent glows red with the taillights of people driving home.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/25/AR2005102501370_pf.html   (7286 words)

  
 Pagosa Daily News: A Good Old Fashioned Revival in Pagosa Springs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Revival means to rekindle or to revive or revitalize something that has been dead, extinguished or something that is not quite what it used to be.
Everyone involved with the revival is looking for God to move in this event as He did in the early church.
Everyone is invited to the Ol’ Fashioned Tent Revival at the Pagosa Baptist Church, August 6th – 9th.
hudsonhudson.com /pagosadailypost.php?mode=viewnews&id=794&cat=9   (1203 words)

  
 Kathryn Kuhlman
Myrtle and Everett Parrott, her sister and brother-in-law, held tent revivals and Kathryn was invited to travel with them.
She stayed with them from the age of 16 until she was 21--doing tent revivals and getting many chances to preach.
In 1933 Miss Kuhlman’s traveling revivals settled in and she opened her own church in a Montgomery Ward’s warehouse in Colorado, calling it the Denver Revival Tabernacle.
nyny.essortment.com /kathrynkuhlman_rfbt.htm   (813 words)

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