Asbury University, the site of a now 11-day “revival,” says it will no longer allow people to worship at Hughes Auditorium 24 hours a day. The school’s president, Dr. Kevin J. Brown, said he’s trying to balance the incredible moment happening at the school and the needs of its students and their academic experience.
He went on to say they will increase security, prayer and ministry support, and event management. The “revival” has attracted people from all over the world, leaving long lines to get in. This weekend, services will be only held in the afternoon and evenings with a priority for high schoolers and people 25 or younger.
Starting Monday, the afternoon service will be open to the general public but the evening service will be reserved for high schoolers and people 25 or younger.
The final public evening service will be held Sunday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. But public worships will continue in the afternoons through Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. Starting Friday, Feb. 24, evening services will be hosted at other locations and no longer be held at the university. The university will also no longer allow live streaming of the service.
“As we end this week and approach the next, I write to openly share important campus updates and new plans that have been established”.
“As an Asbury University leader, there is a tension I am trying to faithfully navigate at this time. On one hand, I humbly recognize we are experiencing a historic moment on our campus. Never in my life have I witnessed such manifest spiritual hunger—from our students to the nations—to humble ourselves and seek the Lord’s face.
Books could be (and will be) written recounting the incredible stories and experiences of inspiring humility, altar consecration, neighborly love, and life-changing commitments. When I walk into Hughes Auditorium, I have a firsthand picture of the fruit of the Spirit”.
“As a university, our first commitment is to foster the minds and hearts of students who have been entrusted to us and who are central to our mission. We know the last week has been a disruption to the continuity of their academic experience.
Students have not only had to juggle various campus commitments (academic, athletic, extra-curricular, internship) with our various campus services, but also the throngs of people who have entered the dimensions of their space. For some, this has created a sense of being unsettled and even alienation from their campus community”. (READ MORE)
