48 hours at Asbury: I may have concerns, but I’m also convinced the revival was real
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Kathleen Durham2023-03-08T10:35:00
Premier’s Kathleen Durham spent two days at Asbury University during the height of the revival. Having interviewed students, teachers and onlookers, and reflected on her own experience on campus, she concludes that a genuine outpouring of the Holy Spirit has taken place
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