WILLIAM A. FETLER AND THE WELSH REVIVAL

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https://doi.org/10.29357/2521-179X.2020.24.4

Keywords:

William A. Fetler, Welsh Revival, Russian evangelicals.

Abstract

Among the factors that affected the rapid growth of the Russian evangelical movement between 1905 and 1914 was the inspired preaching and energetic ministry of Wilhelm (William) Andreevich Fetler (1883-1957). Fetler was already committed to a preaching ministry when he enrolled at Pastors’ College in London in 1903, but his spiritual life was noticeably “quickened” when he traveled to Wales to witness the revival of 1904-1905. This article describes what would Fetler have seen in Wales, and suggests ways that the revival influenced his ministry in St. Petersburg from 1907 to 1914. 

Author Biography

Mary RABER

M. E. Raber, PhD, Lecturer at Odessa Theological  Seminary (Odessa, Ukraine)

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RABER, Mary. 2020. “WILLIAM A. FETLER AND THE WELSH REVIVAL”. Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology, no. 24 (September):63-74. https://doi.org/10.29357/2521-179X.2020.24.4.

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No. 24 (2020): THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS: Euro-Asian Journal of Theology

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