Chet & Phyllis Swearingen
Missionaries and Revivalists

We spend any spare time we have reading and researching stories of revivals that have taken place throughout Church history. We then rewrite those stories as briefly as possible, without losing key elements.

Because we use our website to publish those stories, we can use maps and pictures, as we have found that they greatly enhance the story’s impression on readers.

We do not consider ourselves historians, we are “future-orians,” in that we believe that as we reflect on what God has done in the past, our faith and expectation for him to do something similar in the near future will become a reality.

A leading revivalist and historian, the late J. Edwin Orr said,

There have been instances in the history of the Church when telling and retelling of the wonderful works of God have been used to rekindle the expectations of the faithful intercessors and prepare the way for another Awakening.

Knowing that what Orr said is a documented fact, we do all we can to communicate “the wonderful works of God”.

Please take advantage of our Revival Stories, as thousands around the world are reading and drawing tremendous inspiration from them.

►Pastors are using them for sermon illustrations.
►Intercessors read them while praying for revival.
►Others read them during their daily devotions.

With this link you can read over 200 revival stories.

Here are Two Passages that Depicts what Our Stories are Doing

Psalm 145:4-7; 11-13
4 One generation shall commend your works to another,
    and shall declare your mighty acts.
5 On the glorious splendor of your majesty,
    and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,
    and I will declare your greatness.
7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom
    and tell of your power,
12 to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds,
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
[The Lord is faithful in all his words
and kind in all his works.]

Psalm 78:1-8
1 O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,
2. for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—
3 stories we have heard and known,
    stories our ancestors handed down to us.
4 We will not hide these truths from our children;
    we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
    about his power and his mighty wonders.
5 For he issued his laws to Jacob;
    he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
    to teach them to their children,
6 so the next generation might know them—
    even the children not yet born—
    and they in turn will teach their own children.
7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
    not forgetting his glorious miracles
    and obeying his commands.
8 Then they will not be like their ancestors—
    stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,
    refusing to give their hearts to God.