Spirit-filled return to Revival birthplace

Moriah Chapel is regarded as the birthplace of the 1904 Welsh Revival, so what better place to seek God for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit today? Five leaders share what happened when Elim’s Welsh churches gathered there to do just that.

On 23 June, 150 people from 15 Welsh Elim churches gathered to worship, pray and cry out to God for a fresh move of his Spirit in the country.

It was a unique, pioneering evening, but what made it even more special was its location: the home church of Welsh revivalist Evan Roberts – Moriah Chapel.

The meeting was part of another Elim first, as the movement’s leadership team left their base in Malvern to begin holding their regular meetings in various locations around the UK – their first stop being Wales, at Swansea City Church.

“When we pray at our NLT meetings we invite other people to join us for an evening,” explains Regional Leader Steve Ball.

“This time we invited our Welsh pastors, and we thought, with its history, wouldn’t Moriah Chapel be a great place to pray?”

Here, Steve and three of those pastors share their experiences of this Spirit-filled evening.

Steve Ball, Elim Regional Leader

There’s clearly a higher level of expectation among our churches for God to move because exciting things are happening at the moment. At this meeting it felt like people are optimistic, encouraged and have faith for even greater things in the days ahead.

Much of the evening was spent responding to God in prayer and crying out for a move of the Spirit in Wales. We prayed for all the Elim churches in Wales, mentioning them by name and praying for the pastors and church leaders present.

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