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For nearly two weeks, Hughes Auditorium has been filled with people worshipping and praying around the clock. This student led, spontaneous gathering began on February 8 at Asbury University and quickly gained momentum, even as participants began to refer to it as a spiritual revival. As social media posts and videos of students singing, weeping and praying started to spread, the revival drew national attention — and visitors from across the country — to the small evangelical Christian school in Wilmore, Kentucky. By the second week, more than 50,000 Christian worshippers, celebrity pastors and onlookers had flocked to the rolling revival meetings, reported RNS correspondent Fiona Morgan, who was on scene for several days. The unprecedented number of visitors to the town of about 6,000, began to take a toll on local infrastructure, and this week, Asbury officials moved to end services in Hughes on Thursday (Feb. 23), with plans to move services to other venues in Central Kentucky.
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