UPDATE: Campus leadership announced they are opening the revival to the public from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. tonight with giant screens in the gardens and prioritizing space in the Bush Chapel for SEU students.
What was scheduled to be a standard three-day conference at Southeastern University (SEU) has turned into a historic outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Florida.
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As of Thursday, worship has continued for more than 28 consecutive hours, with classes canceled and students flocking to the campus chapel in what many are describing as a “palpable” move of God.
The revival reportedly began around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning following public repentence by students.
“Two hours ago, this was supposed to be over,” author and speaker Jennie Allen shared in a video posted to her Instagram. “We did repentance. The whole room repented of sin, and they did not stop singing.”
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According to witnesses, the momentum became so intense that students skipped scheduled breaks and meals, eventually moving the gathering from a local church building to the Bush Chapel on the Lakeland campus.
Allen, who has been a central figure in several recent campus revivals, described the atmosphere as weighty and divine. “It’s the same feeling I had at Asbury,” Allen said, describing the sensation of her body feeling like “concrete,” rooted in the presence of God. “I don’t want to get up or leave.”
A Generation Responding to the Call
A significant turning point occurred during a commissioning service, where Allen asked those feeling a call to full-time ministry to stand. Reports indicate that nearly every person in the room answered the call.
Jonathan Rivera, SEU’s campus pastor, urged believers across the country to join them in prayer as the university navigates the unscripted movement.
“We still don’t fully know what’s happening,” Rivera wrote on his Instagram story. “We just know that SOMETHING is happening… pray that God would give us wisdom and discernment.”
A “Playground” for the Holy Spirit
Speaker Grant Skeldon noted that the power of the event came from giving students the space to simply be with God.
“Don’t just preach and dismiss,” Skeldon said. “Give them time to wrestle with the Holy Spirit, time to hear from their Father, time to talk to a friend. I believe these sacred response moments give the Spirit a playground for communication with His kids.”
As the worship enters its second day of continuous prayer, baptisms, and salvations, the SEU community is asking for continued prayer that the fire started in Lakeland would spread to campuses across the nation.
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