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Don’t believe the popular myths. Australia wasn’t just some ragtag, criminal outpost of the British Empire. Australia is a product of revival.

Taking place on July 5th and 6th, Stand Firm Conference 2024 will explore the rich theme of revival in Australia. Every attendee will receive a free copy of Kurt Mahlburg and Warwick Marsh's recent book 'Great Southland Revival'.

Mahlburg and Marsh, two lovers of HIS-story, have chronicled the golden thread of God, as it has woven through time. The weft and warp of HIS-story is creating a garment fit for a King. A fractal design. Revival may appear, from our human perspective, partly [...]

Is this book destined to become a classic in the literature on the Australian Christian experience? Does it so richly communicate the presence of God that the reader is raised above the conviction that we have here testimony only to the intellectual ability of the [...]

To quote the great Professor Stuart Piggin, Australia has a missing story. And that story needs to be told. For decades, secular historians have neglected the profound impact that Christians, Christian ideas and Christian institutions have played in the development of modern Australia. In reality, [...]

Kurt and Warwick were interviewed on national radio last week about their latest book. Listen in here. The Canberra Declaration’s new book, Great Southland Revival, featured on national radio last week. On Wednesday 7 December, Neil Johnson from Vision Christian Radio interviewed Kurt and Warwick [...]

The following is an excerpt from Kurt and Warwick’s latest book, Great Southland Revival. Throughout the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), Christianity remained a dominant force in Europe. This political status quo enabled the gospel to spread freely within and beyond the continent’s realms, and allowed generations of [...]

Australia's revival history has long been neglected. Not any longer. Warwick and I are passionate about revival in Australia. And we are convinced that Australia’s revival history—which has mostly been forgotten—is so exciting that it might just spark the next revival blaze if enough people [...]

Watch the Prayer Launch for Great Southland Revival and get up to 40% off pre-orders for the book. After much anticipation throughout 2022, Great Southland Revival is finally available for pre-order. The Canberra Declaration has already received pre-orders for around 600 copies of our latest [...]

Watch the latest episode of the Great Southland Revival podcast series with Kurt Mahlburg and Jeff Stacey. Jeff Stacey has made important contributions on Australia’s revival history. In 2003, he completed a thesis investigating the characteristic features of revival, comparing the revivals that took place [...]