Saint John Chrysostom (349–407) wrote, “Prayer… is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings… The potency of prayer has subdued the strength of fire, it has bridled […]
Faith
THE ARMOUR OF HOPE
Because of the tragic and unpredictable situations of our world today, we all need to arm ourselves with hope. Is hope armour? Yes, it is. It is a confident expectation […]
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REVIVAL IN OLD UMUAHIA In September 1934, some zealous brethren in Old Umuahia, in present-day Abia State, who had separated from the Faith Tabernacle congregation on account of differences on […]
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THE SPIRIT MOVEMENT By 1927, a revival called the Spirit Movement broke out in the southeastern part of Nigeria, among the Annang and the Ibibio in present-day Akwa Ibom State. […]
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JOSEPH AYODELE BABALOLA (1904-1959) Among the revivalists of the 20th century, no one embodied the Pentecostal movement more than Joseph Babalola. In 1930, he became the central figure of the […]
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MARKS OF A PENTECOSTAL REVIVAL Many times, church activities, programs or any ecstatic experiences have been wrongly regarded as a Pentecostal revival. For a true understanding of Pentecostal revival, we […]
