L.A. Revival Erupts at Bonnie Brae Street After 100 Years - Christian Newswire

L.A. Revival Erupts at Bonnie Brae Street After 100 Years - Christian Newswire

L.A. Revival Erupts at Bonnie Brae Street After 100 Years Contact: Fred Berry, 323-578-1374;www.AzusaStreetMission.org LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Friday night, December 14, 2012, the Los Angeles Revival broke out on Bonnie Brae Street with ecstatic utterances, slaying in the Spirit, violent quaking, the laying on of hands by Evangelist Verna Linzey who was the keynote speaker and minister, crying, tears, falling on their faces, hands lifted up toward the heavens, screaming in the Spirit, calling the fiery Holy Ghost down from Heaven -- in short, a repeat of the initial outbreak of the revival in 1906, except more people were present this time. Photo: Verna Linzey as the keynote speaker at the Revival on Bonnie Brae Street. The house was packed full with about 44 souls at 216 N. Bonnie Brae Street. Many were sitting on chairs in the living room. Many were sitting on the floor in the dining room, the kitchen and adjacent bedrooms to hear Rev. Verna Linzey preach. The revival hit Azusa Street last week. Now it hit Bonnie Brae Street, tracing its steps back to whence it came 100 years ago. In 1910, William Seymour prophesied that a greater revival would hit Los Angeles in 100 years; during this past week it has come back to both Azusa Street and now to Bonnie Brae Street, tracing its steps backward to its humble beginnings with 93-year-old Verna Linzey. Rev. Linzey is from Kansas, the home state where the seeds of the Pentecostal Movement were sown prior to its outbreak at Bonnie Brae Street in 1906. Rev. Fred Berry and his wife, Sister Wilma Berry, coordinated tonight's prayer meeting through the Church of God in Christ, pastored by Bishop Charles Blake. Rev. Berry invited Dr. Verna Linzey and her son Dr. Jim Linzey, who ministers alongside his mother in the ministry, to preach on the baptism with the Holy Spirit. It was during their altar call that the ecstatic utterances erupted among believers for the first time and several were slain in the Spirit, prophecies were given and other manifestations occurred. Rev. Ralph Pacheco stated to one of his parishioners at First Christian Church International of Whittier, California, the previous day that Holy Spirit gave him a revelation that Jim Linzey would be preaching on Jesus as the baptizer of the Holy Spirit as foretold by John the Baptist. Friday night, that revelation was fulfilled when Jim did just that. Evangelist Frank said in the meeting that God gave him a revelation that there would be revival at Bonnie Brae Street tonight resulting in unity and that this revival was fore-ordained. The participants of the Bonnie Brae Street Revival tonight were a mixed group of African-Americans, Caucasians, Mexicans, and Asians. They indeed had unity. A woman pastor had come from Tuscon, Arizona and swayed and swooped under the power of the Holy Spirit while one evangelist extended hands toward her in prayer, and one of the evangelists danced a victory jig while everyone watched and praised God. About seven souls received the baptism with the Holy Spirit as confirmed by speaking in tongues as Verna and Jim Linzey laid hands on them. Prophecies were given by various evangelists. Pauline Carrington was delivered from theological bondage when hearing the Linzey's preaching. Several asked for healing of arthritis, tumours, and back pain. One young Mexican lady's lips trembled violently as tears came down her face until she could not contain herself. She then erupted into the speaking with tongues as the Spirit gave her utterance. Rev. Berry prophesied by cell phone from Brazil that tremendous revival is hitting Los Angeles and the world. Rev. Jim Linzey reported that while driving up from San Diego to Bonnie Brae Street, the back of an SUV in front of him on the freeway stated "We can take L.A. 4 Jesus," a sign he received as from God that revival would break out at Bonnie Brae Street tonight, and that the Holy Spirit would subsequently get a hold of Los Angeles again. Sister Berry was the moderator of the meeting tonight as she introduced each speaker. Probably the most powerful statement made at the meeting was when Rev. Verna Linzey, an Assembly of God minister, was preaching. She said, "The duty of the faithful to the Holy Spirit is clear from Ephesians 4:30: 'And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.' Whatever might be in one's life that would grieve the Holy Spirit must be purged. The true church is comprised of true Christians, and her members live in a way submitted to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Until the church is purged of immorality, she might look in vain for revival. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you His Holy Spirit (1 Thessalonians 4:7)." The new Los Angeles revival was prophesied to Rev. Berry by a French prophet last July. It began in Torrance Mission in November when Verna Linzey held a meeting there when many people received the baptism with the Holy Spirit. From there it moved to Azusa Street and then on to Bonnie Brae Street. Other pockets of revival have been breaking out across the Los Angeles basin. Jim Linzey is calling on Christians around the world to open their homes to revival meetings one night per week and to pray for revival. He is seeking a facility to use for free where gatherings can take place every night in the Los Angeles area to seek the face of God. "We are not starting a church; we simply want a place to seek the face of God where the public can gather for revival to grow in Los Angeles, a place where no pastor will try to control the meetings," Jim said. "Too many revivals die out due to people trying to control the meetings and structure them. You cannot do that and expect revival to take hold on society. Control must be in the hands of the Holy Spirit."