19th August: Today in Christian History

 

 

19th August, 1883

On this day, William J. David commenced a powerful revival program in Lagos, Nigeria, which continued until October 7, 1883. During this revival, both Vincent David Omojola and Adeline Adeotan Sikuade Agbebi were converted. Vincent later became a pastor, while Adeline emerged as an educator and the founding head of the Women’s Missionary Union of the Nigerian Baptist Convention.

19th August, 1886

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• On this day in Christian History, Richard G. Spurling Jr and his father hosted a pivotal meeting on Thursday, August 19, 1886, at Shearer Schoolhouse in North Carolina. Attendees sought a deeper expression of faith, leading to what many consider the first mass outpouring of the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues since Acts.
• On this day in Christian History, Richard G. Spurling's meeting birthed the Christian Union, a precursor to the Church of God. This gathering marked a significant step in establishing one of Pentecostalism’s earliest organized groups

19th August, 1916

On this day in Christian History, Andrew D. Urshan—an immigrant son of a Persian Presbyterian pastor who had received Spirit baptism in Chicago (1908)—was actively ministering in Persia as one of the earliest Assemblies of God missionaries. He shared his powerful testimony in a three‑part series in the Pentecostal Evangel on that date.

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