A supernatural Christian revival is stirring up once again on American college campuses through Unite US – an evangelistic movement marked by salvations, water baptisms, and worship. Last night at the University of Kentucky, more than 2,000 students responded to the gospel message of Jesus Christ and many took part in spontaneous baptisms.
"It's hard to believe. This keeps happening. It is insane," said Unite US speaker and founder of IF:Gathering Jennie Allen.

​Unite US was birthed out of a desire to "lift the name of Jesus."
It all began at Auburn University's Neville Arena in September 2023 where 5,000 students showed up to worship Jesus and 200 were spontaneously baptized in a nearby lake. And now, the organization hosts massive worship events making waves on college campuses across the country. 
Collectively, those events have brought in more than 70,000 college students.
Their first stop in 2025 was the University of Kentucky, just 30 minutes from Asbury University where the first sparks of a new spiritual awakening were seen among American students in February of 2023.
This time, more than 8,000 students packed Rupp Arena to worship Jesus and to hear a powerful message on the Gospel. 
"Every time they are confessing their sin, they are yelling it out. They are responding to the gospel in herds. Like droves of kids are coming forward to receive Jesus," said Allen. "We are baptizing kids for an hour and a half. [They are] giving their lives to Jesus."
"It is only God," she added. "There is a movement amongst students that you can't believe. And even when you see it, you can't believe it!"
CBN's Abigail Robertson was there, and she attests to the almost indescribable move of God that took place on the campus.
"I've never seen anything like what happened last night. Kids lining up to get baptized in 30-degree weather –  it's truly amazing what's happening," she shared. 
According to the event's organizers, it is an event that they have been praying about for months. 
"Our local student team organized weekly prayer gatherings and walked up to 42 miles one Saturday as they prayed over their campus," the founder and visionary behind Unite US, Tonya Prewett, told CBN News. 
"'Jericho Marches,' they called these Saturday prayer walks and we saw walls come down last night," she added. 
"We've been praying for this night for months, and God met us here again," reads a post on social media. "We know it's just the beginning of all He has in store."

While church attendance in the U.S. has steadily declined over the last century, teenagers in America are still interested in knowing more about Jesus.
A recent survey from Barna Research found a vast majority of American teens (77%) are at least “somewhat motivated” to learn more about the Son of God.
The researchers behind the new survey see the openness to learning about God as “encouraging news” that presents an opportunity for engagement with younger Americans.


“This generation tends to believe there’s something out there more powerful than them,” reads a report on the data. “Still, many remain hesitant to embrace religion or churchgoing. Church leaders should recognize that teens’ openness to learning about Jesus represents a significant opportunity for meaningful engagement — but this requires a thoughtful approach, given Gen Z’s hesitancy toward religion and the church.”
The data found 52% of U.S.-based teenagers are “very motivated” and 25% are “somewhat motivated” to know more about Jesus.
With that in mind, the researchers suggested, “Leaders would do well to create spaces for open dialogue where teens can explore their questions about Jesus without pressure.”
Pew Research Center data from 2018 found 80% of Americans reported believing in God, but only a slim majority (56%) said they believed in the Lord “as described in the Bible.”

“Though religious affiliation and church attendance continue to decline, spiritual openness and curiosity are on the rise, “Across every generation, in fact, we see an unprecedented desire to grow spiritually, a belief in a spiritual/supernatural dimension and a belief in God or a higher power.”
Broad interest in deeper understandings of Jesus is certainly encouraging. However, it is concerning to see data not only suggesting church attendance is in decline, but that biblical literacy is plummeting.
In 2023, the American Bible Society’s State of the Bible survey found only 9% of Americans read Scripture on a daily basis — a reality that has led to “biblical illiteracy,” 
“This is grieving to me,” Youssef told CBN News. “And we are surprised at what’s happening in our culture and our society? Are we surprised when we have neglected the measuring stick? … In fact, when they were forming the [biblical] canon — the word ‘canon’ actually is an Arabic word, believe it or not, and it comes from the [phrase] ‘measuring stick.’ … How do we know what is right and what is wrong and what is deceptive and what is false and what is right and what’s truth, unless we have that measuring stick?”