The Work of The Hour of Revival Evangelistic Association

Who We Are Where We’ve Come From

What We DoWhere We’re Going

What We Need Will You Join Us?

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For over 60 years Revival has been speaking life to a perishing world. ‘Evangelism through revived Christians’ was the way our founder, Eric Hutchings, put it. Today we continue that legacy by prayerfully preaching the gospel, training Christians in evangelism and resourcing the church for its mission to the world....

1 Revive Christians2 Resource the church, and3 Reach the world with the good news of Jesus.

Revival does not exist to supplant or side-step the church but to serve it. The church is God’s evangelistic strategy for the world. Our great privilege is to equip and resource God’s people for God’s mission. We do this in a challenging context...

In the UK, we have seen a frightening decline in Christian awareness and commitment. Since 2000, Church of England attendance has fallen by a fifth and in just the last 5 years the Methodists have shrunk by 15% and the Church of Scotland by 29%1. At the same time the great commission stands above us, sending us out in Jesus’ name. This is our context and this is our commission. We face an increasingly unchurched culture, but more importantly, we face ‘a task unfinished.’ Revival exists to resource the UK church for its vital mission today.

1 www.churchnewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/coen_01-09-2014.pdf

WHO WE ARE

OUR MISSION /

OUR TEAM /

Glen Scrivenerdirector and evangelist

Andy Brinkleymedia producer

Sandy Medwayoperations manager

Linda Owenprayer co-ordinator

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In 1952 Eric Hutchings founded The Hour of Revival Association and soon became one of Britain’s foremost evangelists - leading 25 city-wide evangelistic campaigns across the UK, Europe, Africa and Australia. While at the helm of Revival he pioneered radio and film outreach, broadcasting to millions over his 30 years in charge.

Victor Pearce took over after Eric’s death in 1982. He continued the evangelistic thrust with his extremely popular Evidence for Truth radio broadcasts and accompanying books.

In 1995, Ian Milmine became General Manager, developing our radio ministry as well as establishing an outreach work in East Africa and opening up the Christian Prayer Centre at our offices in Eastbourne.

Glen Scrivener joined Revival as Evangelist in 2010 and became director of ministry in 2014. Under God, the ministry continues Hutching’s vision to proclaim the gospel, equip Christians in their witness and resource the church with attractive, evangelistic media.

WHERE WE’VE COME FROM

REVIVAL

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PROCLAMATIONGlen preaches multiple times each week in churches, student unions, pubs, the street corner, anywhere that will have him (and some places that won’t!). Contact us to book Glen for yourself.

MEDIAThe Evangelist’s Podcast is our weekly broadcast with over 5000 downloads each episode. Glen and Andy discuss how to speak of Jesus to friends, neighbours and even complete strangers.

Our evangelistic videos have won a Jerusalem Award and been seen over 250 000 times–often with dramatic results. Here are two responses to our 3-2-1 video, translated into 15 languages:

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‘This is amazing news! The whole world should be grateful! I want to live out this life now.’Office Worker in Beijing

‘I watched your video 321..Now I’m looking at the world with different eyes.’ Unemployed French Woman

RESOURCES321Glen’s ‘321’ gospel outline exists as a video, a tract, a book and an evangelistic course. It has been heartily endorsed by church leaders like John Piper, Mike Reeves, Tim Chester and Rico Tice.www. three-two-one.org

Prayer bulletinFor decades we have been publishing a regular prayer bulletin, collecting together inspiring stories of gospel advance around the world. This is eagerly received by about 5000 people across the world and inspires prayer for the global chuch and its mission.

TRAININGGlen advises church pastors, speaks to leadership teams and trains ordinary Christians in evangelism around the country. Contact us to book Glen.

‘I don’t think I understood the gospel until today’‘I never knew that Jesus loved me till now.’

Participants on a recent evangelism training course

PRAYER CENTREAlthough our mission is nationwide we cannot ignore our home town. Situated in the heart of Eastbourne, our offices are known locally as ‘The Prayer Centre.’ We are a hub of activity and prayer for the Christian community as well as a drop-in point for the town.

MAONI ORPHANAGE AND LOVE AFRICAGrowing out of our radio ministry to Southern Africa we have developed relationships with evangelists in Malawi, Kenya and Uganda. Since 2007 we have been supporting 4 evangelists out of our tithe and we also run a child sponsorship scheme for the Maoni orphanage in southern Malawi. Get in touch to see how you can support.

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TOGETHER OUR VISION IS:• to champion Christ-centred evangelism in the UK and beyond,• to raise up a new generation of witnesses for Christ,• to equip the church with world-class evangelistic resources, and• to see millions reached and thousands transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.

In particular we want to pioneer evangelism that is theologically-rich but also simply and attractively communicated. There are two projects in particular which we think will achieve our aims.

NEW RESOURCESWe have trialled our video-led evangelistic course (3-2-1) with about a dozen churches and had very encouraging feedback, both from churches and from those who the course has helped come to Christ. We now want to invest in a high quality version of the course which can be used by churches everywhere but also accessed online.

Additionally we are seeking to make available a video-led evangelism training course and to keep producing our short and shareable evangelistic videos.

EVANGELISM APPRENTICESHIPSPeople talk about online videos ‘going viral’ when they are shared widely. Actually it’s people who go viral. When we invest in deep, life-on-life discipleship, that’s when we see movements really multiplying.

We want to offer year-long apprenticeships with Revival, involving intensive training and practical experience for young evangelists. Apprentices would receive hands-on experience of proclamation evangelism and accredited theological training but they would also be grounded and serve in a local church. Opportunities to train as an evangelist are few and far between in this country but we feel we could offer an invaluable experience.

WHERE WE’RE GOING

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WHERE WE’RE GOING

As we move forwards, we are very aware that we need to do so together. In his letter to the Philippians, Paul addresses them as ‘partners in the gospel’ (Philippians 1:5). ‘Partners” is the word used of Peter, James and John in their fishing business (Luke 5:10). It speaks of solidarity, life-sharing and investment – in every sense of that word. As we seek to be ‘fishers of men’ we’re also seeking ‘partners’ in this work.

Are there ways we can serve you in your context? Could Glen speak in your church or offer training? Could you use our evangelistic resources? Please get in touch as we are eager to help.

We would love to update you regularly of our work and our prayer needs. For one thing, Glen is preaching multiple times each week and we long for a spiritual harvest each time the word is sown. Can we have your contact details, but far more importantly, can we have your prayers?

We also need your help financially with the work ahead of us. In addition to the three salaries that keep our little team going, we have two major projects in the pipeline. Our proposed resources and apprenticeships will cost many tens of thousands of pounds (breakdowns of costs are available on request).

We desperately want to offer the church these world-reaching resources and to offer young evangelists this life-shaping discipleship. Can you help us? Details of how to give can be found overleaf.

But beyond anything that you can give us, we want to serve you and get to know you. If there’s any way we can help, please get in touch.

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WHAT WE NEED

HOW TO GIVE

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CONTACT US13 Lismore Road

Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3AY

01323 725231www.revivalmedia.org

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