Florida Revival Attracts National Attention

Michelle Bearden and Billy Townsend / Dothan Eagle:
Whether healing in a medical sense is delivered here may be hard to measure, but more people each night are finding reason to believe and pouring into the 7,000-seat arena. The Lakeland movement, still in its first month, is drawing comparisons to the "Toronto Blessing" in 1994 and the Pensacola Brownsville Revival that fired up the next year.

Bentley's Lakeland Revival Keeps Moving Spirits, Closing Date
Michelle Bearden & Billy Townsend / The Tampa Tribune:
LAKELAND -- Cassandra Serine and her two teenage children already were planning to leave Thomasville, Ga. They say they wanted more from their lives and their church there. They found it on God TV, live from Lakeland. Eight days ago, the Serines joined the inflow of pilgrims drawn by coverage of what organizers are calling the "Florida Outpouring," evangelist Todd Bentley's monthlong healing revival. Since then, they've slept each night in a tent in a Lakeland-area campground. They spend the rest of their days moving between Lakeland's Ignited Church, where the revival started in early April, and the larger local venues where it's playing now.

Lakeland Revival Miracle Healings Continue
CBN.com:
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Since April 2, what appears to be a powerful move of God is shaking Lakeland, Fla. And maybe the most interesting thing about what's happening in Lakeland is that it isn't just happening here, but all over the earth simultaneously. Revivalist Todd Bentley, 32, of Canada has been the leading figure when it comes to the thousands of healings. "We're in 214 nations a night. Potential audience of 400 million. And 10 hours a day we're literally around the world, people are seeing what's happening here in Florida," Bentley said.

Posted by Editor at May 11, 2008 01:46 PM