43 How to Start a Revival The world’s foremost authority on the subject of revivals and awakenings was the late Dr. J. Edwin Orr, scholar, historian, associate of Billy Graham, and author of numerous books on the subject of spiritual awakenings and revivals. As a student at Columbia Bible College in the early 1970s, I had read some of Dr. Orr’s books, and you can imagine my excitement when I learned he was going to speak on campus. His lectures were wonderful and inspiring, and I wanted a little