The North-East of England is an area where God has moved powerfully over the years. The gospel first came to the region in Roman times, and the North-East has played a significant role in many important Christian movements and missions.

As this site develops, I hope to be able to tell you about the things which the Lord has done here in the North-East of England, past and present. There will be general church histories for the North-East, together with my research on revivals in this region in the 18th and 19th centuries. I have included plenty of eyewitness accounts from contemporary newspapers of revival in progress.

In recent years it has been frequently stated that the Lord is calling us to redig the ancient wells of blessing. I hope that this site can be used as a resource to show where the wells were within the North-East, and something of the nature of the blessing which flowed from them. It will also provide background information for those engaged in spiritual mapping of areas within this region.

Please check back in the future because this page will probably emerge a section at a time as I get to writing it - look for new hypertext links appearing.

• A Shining Light In The Dark Ages - the Northumbrian church in Saxon times.
  
  
• "Butterflies In The Fells" - The Quaker movement in the area during the 17th & 18th centuries.
  
  
• "The Kingswood Of The North" - Wesley on Tyneside, and early Methodism in the region.
  
  
  • John Wesley's accounts from his journal of his ministry in the North-East of England
  
  
• The impact of Primitive Methodism - Revival in Weardale in the 1820's.
  
  
  • Accounts of Ranter Revival meetings and Primitive Methodist History in the North-East
  
  
• Cumberland Hodge and his fights with the devil
  
  
• The ministry of James Caughey in Sunderland and Gateshead in the 1840's.
  
  
• William Booth and Revival on Tyneside
  - The 1859 and 1879 revivals, particularly the role of William Booth in both of these.
  
  
  • Contemporary accounts of early Salvation Army meetings
  
  
• The Moody and Sankey meetings of 1873.
  
  
• "When The Fire Of The Lord Fell..."
  - The beginnings of the Pentecostal movement in Sunderland in 1907.
  
  
  • The earliest reports of the Pentecostal Movement in England
  
  
• Stephen Jeffreys and his missions in the North-East.
  
  
  • Contemporary accounts of Stephen Jeffreys' meetings
  
  
• The Sunderland Refreshing and beyond - a personal account
  - present day movements of the Spirit in this region.