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Type of religious meeting From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A brush arbour revival,[upper-alpha 1] also known as brush arbour meeting,[upper-alpha 2] is a revival service that takes place under an open-sided shelter called an "arbour", which is "constructed of vertical poles driven into the ground with additional long poles laid across the top as support for a roof of brush, cut branches or hay".[1]
Methodists and Baptists widely use brush arbour revivals to communicate the Christian proclamation of salvation, which have historically contributed to the growth of these denominations.[2][3] For Methodists, this salvation message includes preaching the doctrines of the New Birth and Entire Sanctification, as well as calling backsliders to repentance.[4][5] They originated in the 1700s, being regularly assembled when itinerant preachers announced in advance that they would be arriving in an area; their design served to protect seekers from precipitation.[1] Though brush arbour revivals continue in the present-day, they are the forerunner of the Methodist campmeetings.[6] Their success has historically led to the planting of local churches, as was the case with Morris Chapel United Methodist Church in Walkertown and Swift Creek Methodist Church in Macon.[7][8][9][10] Many of the first Sunday Schools ran by Methodists were held under brush arbours.[11]
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