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34-484: Ignited Church took a multimedia approach to publicizing the event, posting webcasts online. The revival streamed live via Ustream and received over 1 million hits in the first five weeks of transmissions. After the initial weeks, GOD TV , a Christian satellite channel, pre-empted its primetime programming and broadcast the Lakeland meetings nightly. The revival attracted up to 10,000 attendees nightly and around 30,000 over

68-551: A comment that Bentley was "too busy keeping up with what God is doing" to provide financial information. Bentley severed his association with and departed the revival under controversial circumstances on August 11. He admitted to his staff in August that he and his wife were separating and resigned from Fresh Fire Ministries. The revival continued with visiting speakers at Ignited Church until October 12, 2008. While Ignited Church continued to proclaim ongoing revival services after this date,

102-401: A copyright enforcement service provided by Vobile, which uses a proprietary fingerprinting system to automatically detect copyrighted content. This system has been known to generate false positives , blocking content that should fall under fair use , or which has been specifically licensed by the stream originator. In one such incident, the official livecast of the 2012 Hugo Award ceremony

136-483: A division of IBM . On April 1, 2018, two years after its purchase, Ustream changed its name to IBM Cloud Video to reflect its new ownership, but rapidly changed that name to IBM Watson Media to reflect the embedded artificial intelligence capabilities of IBM's Watson. Ustream was launched when the founders (John Ham, Brad Hunstable and Gyula Fehér) wanted a way for their friends in the US Army, who were deployed overseas in

170-475: Is a comparison table of features including Silver, Gold and Platinum. Other features not included due to being the same in all plans include HD transcoding, phone and chat support with a live monitoring console, video embed control and API access, channel branding, passwords and a registration gate, a chat, Q&A , polling and clickable video overlays, an automatic archive with AI closed captions , and simulated live and playlists. IBM Watson Media uses

204-524: Is a modest salary and is in the five-figure range", and that Fresh Fire Ministries is audited annually. A newspaper in Vancouver reported that Bentley owned a home in Abbotsford, British Columbia , Canada , a 2007 GMC Sierra, and a 2003 Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Bentley said that he would open the books for independent auditors. However, requests for financial disclosure from World Magazine were met with

238-677: The Central Florida Jaguars of the American Indoor Football in 2016. In 2018, the Florida Tarpons of the American Arena League relocated to Lakeland to use the arena for its home games. The Tampa Bay Rowdies of the defunct North American Soccer League used the arena for indoor soccer on several occasions including three of their sixteen home games during the 1983-84 indoor season. This would also prove to be

272-478: The Iraq War , to be able to communicate with their families. A product like Ustream would provide them with a way to talk to all of their relatives at once when free time in the war zone was limited. Early investors included DCM Ventures and Softbank , the latter of which invested $ 20 million in 2010 with an option to invest additional capital. On January 21, 2016, IBM acquired Ustream for up to $ 150 million. It

306-917: The Lakeland Civic Center and the Lakeland Center ) is a multipurpose entertainment complex in Lakeland, Florida , comprising a convention center , arena and theater . Formerly, it was the home of the Lakeland Magic , the Orlando Magic 's affiliate in the NBA G League and the Florida Tropics SC of the Major Arena Soccer League . In 1991 the venue truly became one of the greats with Slayer's Decade of Aggression live album recorded there. It

340-460: The PlayStation 4 , University of Georgia , Grohe , a California superior court and Roland Corporation . The plans for IBM Cloud Video are, from cheapest to most expensive, Silver, Gold and Platinum. IBM offers a 30-day free trial for IBM Cloud Video which includes all the features of Silver/Gold/Platinum, phone and chat support with a live monitoring console and a single admin and user seat. Here

374-399: The $ 15,000-per-night Lakeland Center and Marchant Stadium. After outgrowing its previous venues, the revival meetings moved to an air-conditioned tent that seated 10,000. On August 3, the revival meetings returned to Ignited Church. "A spokeswoman for the revival, Lynne Breidenbach, said the offerings have covered their enormous operating costs. Before the move to the airport grounds, she said

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408-710: The Christian community, as some leaders questioned (or even outright rejected) its authenticity. There was even criticism from inside the Charismatic/Pentecostal part of the Church. For instance, in response to concerns raised over the revival, George O. Wood , general superintendent of the Assemblies of God USA , of which Ignited Church is a member, issued a statement on revival in June 2008. While not mentioning Lakeland specifically,

442-543: The International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders afterwards. Other Christian leaders challenged Bentley because they view Charismatic and Pentecostal doctrine as being essentially heretical. Some criticism stemmed from some of Todd Bentley's unorthodox practices, which included shouting "Bam, Bam!" while praying for the sick and testifying to having had visions of an angel named Emma. Bentley's most controversial claims consisted of over twenty-five cases where he said

476-548: The Observer information on 15 people reportedly healed, providing phone numbers for each and noting that 12 had received medical verification. The Observer contacted five, plus three whose names were not provided, including Burgee. Each said God had healed them through, or related to, Bentley and the Lakeland services." Strader responded to the Nightline report with the following statement, "Strader said privacy concerns and laws forbidding

510-848: The Revival Fires Church in Dudley (UK), also defended these actions, saying: "He never does anything like that without first asking for the person's permission." Ustream IBM Watson Media (formerly Ustream and IBM Cloud Video ) is an American virtual events platform company which is a division of IBM . Prior to the IBM acquisition, it had more than 180 employees across San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Budapest offices. Ustream had received $ 11.1 million in Series A funding for new product development from Doll Capital Management (DCM) and investors Labrador Ventures and Band of Angels . Since 2016, it has been

544-486: The broadcast, Fresh Fire Ministries released a statement announcing that Bentley was taking time off "to refresh and to rest" and their Lakeland broadcasts on GOD TV were put on hold. One week later, GOD TV announced Bentley would resume the Lakeland meetings and the broadcasts continued on July 18. Bentley's and Fresh Fire's leadership of the revival ended on August 11, but the revival continued until its last service on October 12, 2008, at Ignited Church. The Lakeland Revival

578-519: The dead took place away from the stage. Ignited Church was founded in 2005 by most of the main body of Carpenter's Home Church , a once-prominent, now defunct, Assemblies of God megachurch, whose longtime senior pastor, Karl Strader, is the father of Ignited Church's founder and senior pastor, Stephen Strader. In the 1990s, Carpenter's Home Church experienced revivals influenced by the Toronto Blessing and Rodney Howard-Browne . The main focus of

612-542: The dead were raised away from the stage. In an effort to verify reported healings, Bentley's staff said they welcomed as much documentation as people were willing to give, including verification from doctors. ABC's Nightline reported that "Not a single claim of Bentley's healing powers could be independently verified." However, the Charlotte Observer reported on the same series of meetings, "The revival's media relations staff has tried to document healings. They e-mailed

646-679: The league's final indoor campaign before suspending operations following the 1984 outdoor season. In 1975 and 1976 the arena hosted National Hockey League exhibition matches between the Minnesota North Stars and the Atlanta Flames . Atlanta won both matches by the scores of 3–2 and 5–2, respectively. Beginning with their inaugural season (1992–93), the Tampa Bay Lightning used the center for training camp and exhibition games for several years. On September 23, 1992, hockey history

680-508: The ministry paid a daily rental fee of $ 15,000 for the local convention center, as well as comparable fees for use of a stadium. His spokesperson didn’t know how much the current setup costs. The offerings, said Breidenbach, have not contributed to a significant infusion of cash for Bentley or his ministry." During the revival, Bentley's spokesperson said that Bentley continued "to draw his standard salary, set by his board, from his office in Canada. It

714-471: The movement's apostles were divided due to Bentley's volatility, Bentley and his revival gained the support of high-profile apostles including Chuck Pierce and Ché Ahn , and under Wagner's leadership, a public "apostolic alignment" ceremony was held in June 2008 to bring him under their wing. In June 2008, ABC 's Nightline carried out an investigative report on Bentley, specifically scrutinizing his finances and his divine healing claims. Some days after

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748-548: The occult and cultism, remonstrating their principals, participants, and promoters, as well as repudiating the doctrines and practices fostered by and under the auspices of the meetings' organizers and participants. Religion scholar Matthew D. Taylor states that the event "raised searching questions about [C. Peter Wagner's] whole [New Apostolic Reformation] paradigm" as a number of the movement's prophets and apostles had supported Bentley because of personal revelations ostensibly from God. Wagner received backlash and some apostles left

782-576: The previous worldwide interest had faded. The revival's impact was widespread due to the Internet and satellite television. Stephen Strader has said that Ignited Church will launch an International Apostolic Center and Ignited Network of Ministries, designed to bring together Lakeland-inspired revivals by Todd Bentley to launch the Portland Outpouring. Evangelist Hamilton Filmalter was commissioned. The revival generated some controversy among members of

816-414: The release of medical records have prevented revival officials from releasing complete information about the identities and conditions of people claiming to be healed." World Magazine also reported on looking into the validity of healing claims with mixed results. At times, the healing services were criticized in mainstream media and on Internet blogs for the occasional violence done to the participants, in

850-605: The revival were also known to sing, laugh, and shout ecstatically, and many would fall down under the influence of the Holy Spirit , according to revival leaders. The Lakeland Revival did not charge for attendance, but attendees could contribute to voluntary offerings that funded building and staff expenses. The event changed venues on a number of occasions, starting at the Ignited Church and sister church in Auburndale, and moving to

884-508: The services were divine healing of conditions such as cancer, deafness, diabetes, and paralysis. Testimonies of miraculous healings were common at the Lakeland meetings. Faith healing is inspired by biblical New Testament accounts of Jesus healing the sick; the contemporary practice of faith healing is important for Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians. The hope of supernatural healing explains some of its popularity, as there were many first-person accounts of miracles. Participants in

918-464: The statement cautioned against over emphasis on charismatic manifestations and miracles, stating that "Miraculous manifestations are never the test of a true revival. Fidelity to God's Word is the test". A noted Charismatic Bible scholar, theologian, author, and publisher, Steven Lambert, published a series of scathing articles soon after the meetings began, denouncing them as "wildfire," i.e., a false revival or movement, and demonstrating characteristics of

952-509: The tradition of Smith Wigglesworth . Todd Bentley was known to forcefully kick, hit, smack or knock over participants. In one incident, a man was knocked over and lost a tooth. In another, an elderly woman was intentionally kicked in the face. Bentley held that the Holy Spirit led him to such actions, saying that those incidents were taken out of context and adding that miracles were happening simultaneously. Trevor Baker, who had invited Bentley to

986-562: The week. Through its airing on GOD TV, the revival became well known by Pentecostals and Charismatics worldwide. By May 29, Bentley's ministry estimated that over 140,000 people from over forty nations had visited, and 1.2 million had watched via the Internet. By June 30, over 400,000 people from over 100 nations had attended. As the revival grew, Strader requested the endorsement and support of New Apostolic Reformation leader C. Peter Wagner and his International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders , seeing Bentley as an apostolic leader . Though

1020-854: Was combined with Aspera , Clearleap, and Cleversafe to form IBM's Cloud Video [IBM Watson Media] unit. IBM envisioned the use of its technology as part of an enterprise video offering. IBM Cloud Video was used by politicians such as Hillary Clinton , Barack Obama , John Edwards , to video game streamers, to artists such as Kanye West , Linkin Park , Tori Amos , Deadmau5 and the Plain White T's . Lifecasters such as iJustine and E-TARD The LifeCaster have also used IBM Cloud Video. Notable companies/universities/other who have used IBM Cloud Video include Salesforce , University of Pennsylvania Wharton , Herman Miller , Mazda , U.S. Open , Fox Sports (United States) World Cup, USA Network : Mr. Robot , Sony for

1054-953: Was home to the Lakeland Loggerheads of the World Hockey Association 2 during the 2003–04 season, the Lakeland Thunderbolts of the National Indoor Football League and later the American Indoor Football Association from 2005 until 2007, the Lakeland Raiders of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (later to be known as the Florida Marine Raiders of X-League Indoor Football ) from 2012 until 2015, and

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1088-821: Was in many ways similar to revivals that occurred in the 1990s, notably the Toronto Blessing in Canada and the Brownsville Revival in Pensacola, Florida . However, the Lakeland Revival had a greater focus on divine healing, was much shorter than the previous two revivals, and was nearly inseparable from Bentley. The revival displayed many "ecstatic manifestations" and some participants claimed "esoteric experiences", such as divinely inspired visions and prophecies. In addition to claims of numerous miraculous healings, "leaders' claims that at least 25" cases of resurrection of

1122-642: Was made as Manon Rhéaume became the first woman to play in an NHL exhibition game as the Tampa Bay Lightning played against the St. Louis Blues . Elvis Presley played the Civic Center on April 27, 1975 (two shows, a matinee and an evening performance) and another evening performance on April 28, 1975. He played the center again a year later on September 4, 1976 (two performances, a matinee and an evening show). Kiss performed here in 1976 when guitarist Ace Frehley

1156-414: Was terminated because it incorporated authorized clips of nominated television shows and movies, causing "a flood of livid Twitter messages". The following day, Ustream apologized for the incident and temporarily disabled automatic blocking while they adjusted the system to "better balance the needs of broadcasters, viewers, and copyright holders". Lakeland Center The RP Funding Center (formerly

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