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I landed in Australia on June 25 for a revival tour and was supposed to go home in July. I have since extended my trip several times because of what I am seeing break out here in this Great Southland of the Holy Spirit. After studying revival history for over 25 years and even doing a PhD in it, I am recognising the beginnings of a great move of the Holy Spirit in Australia.

Don’t believe the popular myths. Australia wasn’t just some ragtag, criminal outpost of the British Empire. Australia is a product of revival.

They say that the darkest part of the day is just before dawn. And in a similar way, there are signs that the Spirit of God might be about to do an extraordinary work in Australia.

America is a long-time friend of Australia. Both nations fought together in the First and Second World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan; and now we fight side by side in a spiritual battle for our respective nations.

We are coming up to the Month of Prayer and Fasting from 1–31 October 2024 for Revival and the Restoration of Sexual Integrity to renew the individual, revitalise marriages, restore families and protect children.

Years ago, while travelling to our friends’ cattle property in Central Queensland, Fiona and I were struck by how dry and barren the countryside looked. We imagined the wild animals constantly searching for water in that unforgiving environment. Desperate Need Without a doubt, our nation [...]

I commend these two articles about this revival, The Asbury Revival and Asbury: 200 Years of Revival by Kurt Mahlburg. As a recently retired faculty member from Alphacrucis University College, based in Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, I ask the question, ‘Why not here in [...]

Is this book destined to become a classic in the literature on the Australian Christian experience? Does it so richly communicate the presence of God that the reader is raised above the conviction that we have here testimony only to the intellectual ability of the [...]

Discover the role that Wilberforce played in Christianising the young colony of Australia in Great Southland Revival. William Wilberforce (1759–1833) is best known as the British parliamentarian who spent his life in the fight to abolish of slavery. But few Christians know of the influential [...]

Kurt and Warwick’s new book on Australian revivals is due for release later this month. Australia is a nation forged in the furnace of revival. After taking a year to research Australia’s spiritual awakenings, this is the inescapable conclusion we have come to. Warwick and [...]

One of Australia’s most prominent Christian historians, Professor Stuart Piggin, recently sat down with Kurt Mahlburg to share about the Christian intentions for the First Fleet, revivals in the Illawarra and the Pacific Islands, and much more. “Jesus is the desire of the nations,” Professor [...]

Watch the latest episode of the Great Southland Revival podcast series with Kurt Mahlburg and Jeff Stacey. Jeff Stacey has made important contributions on Australia’s revival history. In 2003, he completed a thesis investigating the characteristic features of revival, comparing the revivals that took place [...]

A Study of Surviving Published Materials about Evangelical Revivals in Australia up to 1880. Dapto Revival 1838 The year 1838 saw the arrival of a layman, John Vidler, in the Illawarra area, to work as a farm labourer. "He held his first service some time [...]

The Australian environment was at first so hostile, so inhospitable, to Evangelical Europeans that they could not envisage how it could ever be the scene of revival. A missionary to the Aborigines, Lancelot Threlkeld, said in 1828: There is ‘no moving on the tops of [...]

John Anderson warns that Australia’s decline is rooted in spiritual and cultural disintegration, calling for a recovery of Christian foundations, social cohesion and national purpose.

FamilyVoice Australia and the National Alliance of Christian Leaders together are truly delighted to announce Warwick Marsh is the winner of the inaugural Australian Christian Man of the Year Award.

Australia has abandoned its Christian foundations. Only revival and courageous Christian witness can reverse the nation's moral decline.

Christians without a listed denomination may be among millions miscounted as having “no religion” in the 2026 census, modelling from a Sydney analytics firm suggests.

Recent reporting — including statements from Israel’s new ambassador to Australia and a powerful press release from the Indigenous Friends of Israel — reveals a disturbing truth: antisemitism in Australia has surged. Australia is facing a moment of moral reckoning.

Australia’s future revival is inseparable from its posture toward Israel. Biblical blessing, national renewal and spiritual reformation begin with standing firmly alongside God’s covenant people.

Pauline Hanson has delivered her first formal address to the National Press Club of Australia, outling her positions on everything from immigration and energy to Islamism and transgenderism.

On 13 June 2026, the Body of Christ will converge on the Blacktown Showgrounds for a day of worship, prayer, and activation. Marking the 420th anniversary of the declaration of Australia as the “Great South Land of the Holy Spirit”, Pentecost 26: Australia Arise is a strategic gathering designed to unify the church and launch a decade of harvest.

Fifty-seven years of legalised abortion have left the Australian Church complicit in silence. It's time for repentance, reformation, and decisive political action.

What if the Church celebrated Pentecost with the same fervour as Christmas and Easter — gathering, praying, expectant for a fresh outpouring of the Spirit?

With the USA set to rededicate itself to God on 17 May, we are thrilled to issue this call to pray for the spiritual awakening of America Let us seek God's face for the spread of the gospel across our respective nations — and the entire globe.

The only real hope for Australia is the good news of the kingdom. No political party, false religion, sporting team, or vain philosophy can bring the real change that is needed.

A visit to Tasmania's infamous Sarah Island uncovers how anti-religious bias can distort history — and why the real record of faith in Australia deserves a second look.

A quiet resurgence of Christian faith — particularly among young adults — may be sparking a new Catholic literary and cultural renaissance, echoing a similar revival a century ago.

Celebrate Messiah’s SOLU tour brought Israel’s new generation of Yeshua-believing worshippers to Australia, uniting thousands in joyful praise, testimony, and a powerful witness of Jewish–Arab reconciliation in Messiah.

Australia abandoned car manufacturing too soon. This essay argues for rebuilding a sovereign EV industry—boosting resilience, jobs, and technology—financed responsibly through Modern Monetary Theory.

"This doesn't feel like Australia" is how one tearful person responded at a memorial to honour the murdered at Bondi Beach. And, they're right — this isn't Australia. At least, not the nation we once knew. But there is hope in the midst of this tradegy.

A stirring call to revival, urging believers to return to repentance, holiness, and the Spirit-filled power of the early church—echoing Ravenhill’s cry: “Lord, bend the church and save the world.”

Our vision is to see Australia saturated with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, with revival fires burning from the largest cities to the most remote country towns. By 2033—the 2000th anniversary of Jesus’ resurrection—we long to see a unified church mobilised for the Great Commission.

Adelaide is known both as the City of Churches and a UNESCO City of Music. Does that automatically make Adelaide Australia's Christian Music Capital? A slightly biased Australian Christian Records investigates the history of Christian music in the city and exciting recent developments.

Many – including plenty of young people – in the secular West are growing tired of what is on offer, and are looking for something more. Charlie Kirk helped to point many in that direction, and it seems that God is not yet finished with the West.

SOLU, the Israeli worship band, believe their mandate from the Lord is to do their part in “preparing the way for revival and Yeshua’s return”. We believe that SOLU will bless believers in Australia with the richness and vibrance of the fresh anointing they bring from Israel.

Australia needs awakening. Let's cry out to the God of revival with desperation and deep yearning for ourselves, our churches, cities and nation.

Australia has been thoroughly evangelised before, and it can happen again. But only by the Church serving humbly in unity.

Felicity and Nic Taylor have completed their 2,500 km prayer walk through the harsh interior of Australia. "Under-qualified, crazy and out of their depth", here's how God prompted and sustained their five month trek.

At just 21 years old, Ethan Beer could very well be Australia's next music export to the world. Having gone through his music ministry apprenticeship fronting for Youth Alive Queensland, Ethan is ready to strike out his own path with new tunes in his back pocket all ready to go.