Asbury limits prayer services due to strained infrastructure

WILMORE, Kentucky (RNS)—After an estimated 50,000 Christian worshippers, celebrity pastors and onlookers flocked to a rolling revival meeting at Asbury University over the course of 13 days, the school’s administration announced a new, limited schedule for prayer services in hopes of restoring order to the campus in this tiny Central Kentucky town. Asbury University President Kevin Brown made the announcement Feb. 19, telling those attending the revival: “We had authorities that had to redirect traffic away from Wilmore. Our town’s institutions and our town’s infrastructure is just not in a...