This WCF edition explores Wales’s remarkable Christian heritage, focusing particularly on the Welsh Revival of 1904–1905, the historic Welsh chapels, and the missionaries and pastors who carried the Gospel from Wales to the nations. Jerry Finch draws on his own experience of witnessing in Wales and revisits material from his 2018 book, British Christians and the Coming Civil War!
The article considers the extraordinary spiritual awakening associated with Evan Roberts and other Welsh ministers, when approximately 100,000 people were reported to have become Christians within a remarkably short period. The revival also produced significant social changes and influenced Christian movements beyond Wales.
The article closes by asking a searching question for Christians today: How is your country doing? The history of Wales provides both an encouragement and a warning. A nation can experience powerful spiritual renewal, yet that spiritual inheritance can decline when later generations turn away from God.
