On this Friday night, Smithton Community Church is in high gear for hosting another revival service. People circulate like bees in a hive inside the church's add-on gymnasium, which has become revival central. Instead, night after night for more than 90 weeks an extraordinary grace has been poured over this little church and its people that has drawn seekers from around the globe. Thousands of lives have been changed, and entire churches have been transformed. A roar goes up, and 400 people begin to jump in unison.
Fathers hold their children in their arms and move to the music.
Elderly women wave their arms. Worshipers crowd the aisles. Pre-service prayer was loud, but worship is deafening with the instruments added. Visitors learn quickly that revival services can modulate without warning. Quiet falls suddenly after an hour of high-decibel worship.