REVIVAL

 

REVIVAL

Wipf and Stock Resource Publications has contracted to publish the latest novel in my Revival Series.

Crusade: The Spirit Moves in the City of Angels tells the story of the Billy Graham revival in Los Angeles in 1949. This was the meeting that brought Graham to international prominence.

Here is a brief summary of the story.

A WWII veteran at Northwestern Bible College on the GI Bill is recruited by Billy Graham to be his driver during the 1949 Crusade in Los Angeles. There he witnesses first-hand the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at work in the Canvas Cathedral. The conversion of Stuart Hamblen provides the impetus for the extension of the revival from three to eight weeks. During that time, the student courts a young lady who works for William Randolph Hearst, and she encourages Hearst to promote Billy Graham. The young ladies’ roommate becomes involved with a member of the Communist Party, USA, and the wire-tapper Jim Vaus, who also makes a decision for Christ. The amazing story of Billy Graham’s rise to international prominence is told through the eyes of this young couple. In spite of their different goals—she wants to be successful in Hollywood, and he wants to enter the ministry—they realize that the Spirit has also worked in their lives to bring them together.

Crusade joins the other three books in the Revival Series:

Sunday in New York

Revival in the Rockies

Megachurch, World-wide Revival