Joseph Jenkins (pastor)

"[1] A strong personality, Jenkins affected many church communities as a preacher, his contemporaries saying he resembled a volcano — "sometimes lifeless and sometimes in full eruption.

[7] In the months after the convention, Jenkins introduced Sunday morning "after-meetings" attracting young people to his church community in New Quay, Ceridigion.

[9] In the preceding months, Jenkins was said to be constantly in prayer asking God to bring a great move of the Holy Spirit to the local area.

[10] One Sunday morning in February 1904, he held a prayer meeting for young people at his church in New Quay and asked them to share about how they viewed God.

Contemporary witnesses claim that in that instant the Holy Spirit descended on the room bringing everyone present to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.

A journalist named W. T. Stead who was present that day wrote: “The pathos and the passion of the avowal (of that young girl) acted like an electric shock upon the congregation.

"[12] After his key involvement in the famous revival of 1904-1905, Jenkins remained a committed and influential Christian preacher for the remainder of his life, serving as pastor in at least six different parishes in England and Wales.

[6] Jenkins died on 27 April 1929 at 69 years of age[6] and was buried in the chapel cemetery of his home village in Cwmystwyth.

Pastor Joseph Jenkins, Calvinistic Methodist minister, leader in the Welsh Revival, 1904-1905
The village of Cwmystwyth, where Jenkins was born, sits in the valley of the Ystwyth river. It is near the UK's largest lead mine.
Trevecca College, the liberal arts college in Powys where Jenkins was trained, is the inspiration for other schools, including Trevecca Nazarene University .
While the revival began with the preaching of Joseph Jenkins, it soon passed to a coal miner, Evan Roberts, seen preaching to a crowd in Anglesey on 4 July 1905.
Large baptisms were a feature of the Welsh Revival, such as this baptism in the River Gwaun, Pembrokeshire. Dan Davies is seen conducting the service.