end of the Revival. This led to the creation of The F.I.R.E. School of Ministry (Fellowship for International Revival and Evangelism) under the former leader of B.R.S.M. Dr. Michael Brown. B.R.S.M. continued to offer classes for "several years" before being merged into a Ministry of Tommy Tenney. As of Sep 2018 the Fire School of Ministry was still operating in Concord NC. Criticism The meetings were criticized by some Christians and by the local news media. The Pensacola News Journal ran a series of investigative articles which focused on the donations raised during the meetings and where those funds went, as well as the claims of miraculous healings at the services and the spontaneity of the revival's beginnings. The newspaper revealed that a videotape of the Father's Day service that sparked the revival showed it was far less dramatic than later claimed. The News Journal began a four-month investigation after former members told reporters that all was not as it appeared at the church. The series won George Polk awards from such groups as National Headliner, the Scripps-Howard Foundation, and the Society of Professional Journalists. Brownsville Assembly of God responded to the paper's allegations by publishing a paid advertisement (thus shielding them from a response from the paper) in the News Journal entitled, "The Facts of The Brownsville Revival". Hank Hanegraaff, author of the book Counterfeit Revival, criticized the revival for "serious distortions of biblical Christianity" in the meetings, comparing the physical manifestations to pagan practices. J Lee Grady, editor for Charisma Magazine, was critical of the division that had grown within the leadership at the last stage of the revival. He also reported that numerous former attendees now attend local Baptist churches. See also 2023 Asbury revival Toronto Blessing References External links Pensacola Pursued Brownsville Revival in Two Steps , by J. Lowe Davis, Pensacola News Journal, In Florida, a Revival That Came but Didn't Go, by Rick Bragg, New York Times, May 27, 1997 Assemblies of God Pentecostalism in Florida Christian revivals 1995 establishments in Florida