Rodney Howard-Browne

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Rodney Howard-Browne and his wife Adonica
Rodney Howard-Browne and his wife Adonica

Rodney Howard-Browne is a charismatic Christian preacher and evangelist who has resided in Tampa, Florida, USA since the mid-1990s. He is pastor of The River at Tampa Bay, a church which he and his wife founded in 1996, and heads Revival Ministries International, an evangelistic organization aimed at spreading revival and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

He was born on June 12, 1961 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and was raised in the Eastern Cape and Transkei.

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[edit] Ministry

The logo of Revival Ministries International; Rodney Howard-Browne's Ministry
The logo of Revival Ministries International; Rodney Howard-Browne's Ministry

As a young boy in South Africa, Rodney Howard-Browne states he was called by God to work in the mission field. In 1981 Rodney Howard-Browne met and married Adonica and immediately went into the full-time traveling ministry. In 1983, they started a church in the Northeastern Cape and pastored there for two years. They both felt a strong calling to the mission field of the United States of America. Though he had previously visited America twice before, in 1987 he arrived, with his family, at Orlando International Airport, with $300USD to his name.[1]

In 1989, in upstate New York, revival broke out. Since the time of this revival meeting, he has held revival meetings in North America, Central America, South America, various locations in Africa, the United Kingdom, Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Israel.[2]

Rodney Howard-Browne is the pastor of a church in Tampa, Florida, The River at Tampa Bay, which he founded on December 1, 1996 with 500 people attending the first service.[3] Weekly broadcasts of his meetings can be found online.[4].

[edit] Family

Rodney Howard-Browne and his wife Adonica, who was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and raised in Johannesburg, have had three children all born in South Africa, Kirsten Howard-Browne, born in 1982, Kelly May Howard-Browne, born in 1984, and Kenneth Howard-Browne, born in 1987. Kelly May Howard-Browne died December 25, 2002 of Cystic Fibrosis.[5]

[edit] Revival Tours

[edit] Good News Crusades

Based on a dream from 1989, Howard-Browne decided to hold a revival series in New York City in the summer of 1999. In the dream, he had spoken with Billy Graham, who told of his success in using Madison Square Gardens for an extended period of time with many people attending and accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior at the revival meetings.[6]

  • In October 2005 Good News Mamelodi was held in Mamelodi, South Africa, where more than 113,000 people gave their lives to Jesus.[10]
  • In January 2006 Good News Vizag was held in Visakhapatnam, India, where more than 50,000 people gave their lives to Jesus.[12]

[edit] The Great Awakening Tour 2007-2008

The Great Awakening Tour logo
The Great Awakening Tour logo

Starting in Humble, Texas in February 6, 2007, Rodney Howard-Browne started a group of tours called "The Great Awakening" which is "not just another Christian Conference. This is a radical campaign to REACH a radical generation."[13] This is a list, by date, of the tours from February 2007.[14]

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