SCHEDULE

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The most effective schedule for a tent revival is three consecutive nights: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights at 7pm. This structure creates a momentum-building effect that maximizes community impact:

• Friday Night - Initial Outpouring: Church members and first-time guests come, and many who have not yet been baptized or received the Holy Ghost are Born Again! People arrive expecting a move of God, and baptisms begin even before the service starts.
• Saturday Night - Expansion: Those baptized on Friday bring their friends, family, co-workers, and classmates. The crowd grows larger, and faith rises even higher.
• Sunday Night - Breakthrough: This night often surpasses both Friday and Saturday combined. Friends of friends, extended family, and even visitors from other states come. The media, including TV and newspaper outlets, often take interest by this point. If the church fully commits to this schedule, Sunday night becomes the breakthrough night.

For this to work, we strongly encourage churches to cancel their regular Sunday morning service in the building and focus entirely on the tent revival for that week.

If maintaining a Sunday morning option is necessary, one person (not a full worship team) can be available to lead a basic Bible study for any unexpected visitors.

One variation to this schedule is when adding a Spanish Revival. If a church has a Spanish-speaking congregation, we recommend scheduling two or three nights of leading Spanish services before transitioning into the English revival.

By following this proven schedule, we have consistently seen exponential growth in attendance, salvations, and breakthrough moments. This model ensures that every night builds on the previous one, leading to maximum impact by the final night.We encourage every church hosting a tent revival to fully commit to this schedule—eliminating competing services, leaning into the revival, and preparing for an outpouring of God’s power that can transform their city. 

• Tuesday Night - Tent Setup: The tent is raised with the help of your church volunteers. This is a physically demanding process, so we focus on this task alone that afternoon/evening.
• Wednesday Night - Church Training Night: The church holds its regular midweek service in the building, during which we provide training on altar working, baptism procedures, guest retention, and strategies to see breakthrough in this revival.
• Thursday Night - Last-Minute Prayer and Outreach: Everyone can meet at the tent to pray before breaking off for to go pass out any remaining materials on outreach. The executive church leaders may need to stay behind to film social media marketing and personalized video invites to maximize attendance. 
• Friday Morning/Afternoon - Final Setup & Sound Check: Chairs, sound systems, baptistries, and staging are setup starting in the morning. Worship teams complete their sound check. Leaders arrive at 6:00 PM to ensure everything is in place, as visitors may begin arriving hours early.

• Friday-Sunday Nights - Revival Services: Services follow the momentum-building schedule outlined above. 
• Church asked to arrive 30 mins early, leaders arrive 1 hour early. 

• Monday Afternoon: Meet to help put the tent away!

A tent revival service differs significantly from a traditional indoor service. The format is designed to keep faith high and engagement strong from the very beginning.

1. Host Pastor Opens: The local pastor welcomes the crowd, introduces the church, intros the speaker so no further interruptions are needed, and then personally shares a 5-minute gospel message about salvation. Before any music starts, will give an open invitation for baptism, encouraging the crowd to "come now" and all through the service. People often begin walking to the baptistry immediately.
   
   The pastor encourages people to step forward for prayer, healing, or the spirit at any time. Now step out and let's worship...
   
2. Immediate Worship & Engagement: Worship begins as though the service is already an altar call.
   We often don't play slow songs - but if we did one this is where we would sing it.
   
3. Testimonies & Second Call to Respond: A non-preacher shares a brief testimony of transformation. This reinforces the call to come up for baptism and for prayer (for the Spirit).
   
4. Praise Songs: We will sing 2-3 additional fast pace songs to encourage the audience to interact and get comfortable with expressive worship (clapping, standing, singing, etc).
   
5. Preaching: The evangelist preaches a brief but impactful message (often 5-10 minutes). If faith is already high, the message may be shortened to maintain momentum.
   
6. Extended Altar Call: The altar call is the primary focus of the night. The worship team continues leading multiple songs, and the service runs like a guided altar call.
   
7. Baptisms & Miracles: The goal is that people not only hear about God’s power but experience it firsthand through salvation, healing, and deliverance.