The 150th Anniversary of the Fulton Street Revival was celebrated September 21-23, 2007

A life-sized sculpture of Jeremiah Lanphier was unveiled at this anniversary celebration in Manhattan. Lanphier, a lay missionary, is credited with starting a noontime prayer meeting that sparked a revival in which God moved so powerfully that it is estimated that nearly 1 million people were converted.

The Fulton Street Revival website has interesting videos by Dr. Orr. In 1966, Orr became a professor at Fuller Seminary's School of World Mission, a position he held until 1981. Besides his teaching and writing, he greatly stimulated the study and understanding of revivals and evangelism through his founding in 1974 and continuing leadership of the Oxford Reading and Research Conference on Evangelical Awakenings. This conference of scholars met every summer to hear and present papers on revivals. His own writing continued unabated. From Highlights in the Life of J. Edwin Orr Website.