The 18th South Wales Revival Conference took place during the first week of July. The main speakers were Paul Mallard and Kenneth Stewart.
Paul Mallard, travelling daily from Bath following his wife’s hospitalisation, preached from the Psalms: ‘Meeting God in the Praises of His People’. Kenneth Stewart’s four talks formed a mini-series: ‘Living for Christ in Non-Revival Times: Glasgow’. He spoke on the necessity for love, intercessory prayer, witness and work.
A historical visit took us to Llandovery, where William Williams (Pantycelyn) was born 300 years ago. Our guide was Adrian Brake, the newly installed minister of Camarthen Evangelical Church. John Funnell and Steve Carter showed what a gracious work the Lord can do in a ‘day of small things’.
Recent move in Moldova
The international dimension was provided by two speakers. Bernard Bucyana (Rwanda) painted a ‘warts and all’ picture of blessings and challenges facing the church in Rwanda a generation after the appalling genocide. Maureen Wise (Moldova) brought humbling eye-witness accounts of recent revival in this poorest of European countries. Mike Reeves’ opening address referred to another great historic milestone: The Reformation 500 years ago. Emyr James preached from Romans 12.2 on ‘The Renewed Mind’ and Wyn Hughes closed the conference with a sermon on the two disciples on the Emmaus Road whose hearts were changed when they met the risen Christ.
