Through the Ages

The revival began in Germany and spread to America and then to England during the eighteenth and  nineteenth centuries. But distinctive revivals with unique characteristics occurred in the early twentieth  century all over the world. These revivals are known as Pentecostal revivals. The modern Pentecostal  movement began at Perham’s Bible School in Topeka, Kansas, on January 1, 1901. The year 1905 stood  as a prominent year as far as the history of Pentecostalism or revivals in India concern.  The Background:  Various revivals occurred within a few years of each other in different parts of the world  during the twentieth century, especially from 1905 onwards. These revivals were characterized by a  particularly Pentecostal character and by gifts of the Spirit such as healings, tongues, prophecy, and other  miraculous signs. The revivalists in Los Angeles believed the revivals in Wales and India were especially  significant. Frank Bartleman, a participant in the Azusa Street revival, wr