Asbury students praying and singing around the clock

WILMORE, Ky. (RNS)—Students at Asbury University gathered for their biweekly chapel service in the 1,500-seat Hughes Auditorium on Feb 8 to sing, listen to a sermon and pray. A week later, many of them are still there. “This has been an extraordinary time for us,” Asbury President Kevin Brown said during a gathering Feb. 13, more than 120 hours into what participants have referred to as a spiritual revival. The revival has disrupted life and brought national attention to Asbury, an evangelical Christian school in Wilmore, Ky., about a half-hour...