The Ten Greatest Revivals Ever : From Pentecost to the Present

by Elmer L. Towns

Paperback 235 Pages

Genres: Church History

235 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

About the author

Dr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and dedicated worker in Sunday school, and has developed over 20 resource packets for leadership education. He began teaching at Midwest Bible College, St. Louis, Missouri, for three years and was not satisfied with his textbooks so he began writing his own (he has published over 100 books listed in the Library of Congress, 7 listed in the Christian Booksellers Best Selling List; several becoming accepted as college textbooks. He is also the 1995 recipient of the coveted Gold Medallion Award awarded by the Christian Booksellers Association for writing the Book of the Year, i.e., The Names of the Holy Spirit.

He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971).

He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.

Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism.

His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

Reviews

[Donna Partow · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m obsessed with church history and especially the history of revivals. So I loved a lot about this book. If you want a good overview of Gods work in the world, this is a good reference. I would have structured the content differently.

[M.J. Hancock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful summary of most of the key spectacular works of God. They define an evangelical revival as, "an extraordinary work of God in which Christians repent of their sins as they become intensely aware of his presence in their midst, and [thereby] manifest a positive response to God in renewed obedience to the known will of God . . . ." Could have been organized better, especially the last three chapters. Also wish their were more sources listed rather than a general bibliography at the end.

[Michael Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Encouraging

It was extremely encouraging to read of the absolute transformation of whole cities and even countries. This book has encouraged me to diligently fast and pray for revival here.

[Jan Van · Rating 5 out of 5]

We need a fresh outpouring

I am inspired by the thorough treatment of revivel. The information needs to be rethink and resprayed. Recommended to all Christians, In ministry or lay. Amazing what God is doing

[AMY · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do it again, Lord. Do it again!!

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Encouraging. Challenging. Inspiring. Read this if you have a heart for revival. Oh Lord, revive us again!

[Sean-david · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have a tremendous amount of respect for Dr. Towns and can certainly see his passion for the church and the Gospel in this text, I may disagree Theologically with some of the implications of what man can do to "bring revival", but there is some worth while and well documented history to be grasped here.

[Travis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book on revivals. Makes me want to pray more and forgive more. Great way of sharing about changes in people’s lives.