Penuel Baptist Church, Rhosllanerchrugog
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Rhosllanerchrugog was one of the centres of the Welsh revival of 1904-5, started by a visiting Baptist preacher in November 1904. Penuel Baptist Church was the centre of the revival, and is now a listed building.
Indeed, it is an impressive and imposing building. But seeing it from the outside does not do justice to this historic building. It must be experienced on the inside, where you can almost tangibly feel the rich heritage and the presence of the Holy Spirit hovering over this place.
According to UK Wells:
The present revival began when Rev. R. B. Jones, Forth, held a mission in Penuel Chapel, (Baptist), Rhos, from November 8 to the 18. Reports about him had been circulating in the district before he came. These told of his self-sacrifice in resigning from a great and wealthy church to go to a small one because, as he believes, the Spirit of God directed him. They also told of his remarkable awakening to the true state of the Church and its weak sickly condition, after weeks of fasting and prayer. These reports also told of the resulting total consecration of his life to the demands of King Jesus. Because of this, expectations had risen high before he came and preparations were well under way for ensuring a successful mission.
Perhaps it would not be out of place to give a description of the man. It is enough to say that it is obvious that he is wholly under the leading of the Spirit of God. What else but this accounts for the fact that men and women feel stirrings and convictions they have never experienced before? If he were not a man of God, what could account for the huge crowds that gathered night after night to hear him and for the unprecedented success that resulted from his ministry? Who in all truth but the Spirit of God through him could account for our district having been instantly turned into a prayerful district where midday prayer meetings have become popular services, where men and women leave their occupations to be present? What else could account for a whole congregation unwilling to disperse, for denominations to be completely forgotten, and for everyone to be in too reverent a mood to consider their differences? What else could account for timid men and women not accustomed to praying publicly receiving some invincible boldness at the throne of grace, and for the holy joy that has possessed everyone? Yes, and to what can be attributed the fact that there have been 45 converts up to this morning (Friday)? Are not all these things due to the mighty working of the Spirit of God through him?
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