Revival In Melbourne

Did you know there was a revival in Melbourne 100 YEARS AGO?

In 1898 a petition with 15,300 signatures was sent to D.L.Moody in USA asking him to come and lead a crusade. He died before he could come, but in 1902, R.A. Torrey came and led a crusade.

10,000 A night crammed the Royal Exhibition Buildings every night for months 3000 men met in the Melbourne Town Hall every day for Bible studies and then the same number of women!

Other meetings were held in marquees in Fitzroy, Collingwood, South Melbourne and other suburbs.

With the population of Melbourne then 500,000, over 250,000 people came every week! Over 8,500 people came to Christ!

The sermons were printed on the front page of “The Age” and “The Argus” each day. The city was deeply impacted.

THE SECRET:
All the evangelical churches in Melbourne were working together.
They held 1700 weekly prayer groups across Melbourne!
They appointed 45 evangelists to preach in every area of the city.

“THE VITAL ELEMENTS: UNITY and PRAYER”

From: “Evangelical Christianity in Australia” Stuart Piggin (Oxford)