Real America’s Voice: REVIVAL TODAY WITH JONATHAN SHUTTLESWORTH

Episode Date: December 14, 2025
Host: iHeartPodcasts
Main Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth

Overview

This episode of Revival Today centers on the mission, structure, and values underlying Pastor Jonathan Shuttlesworth’s ministry and movement. Through vivid anecdotes, scriptural exposition, and first-hand testimony, Shuttlesworth and fellow leaders issue a call to nurturing principled, visionary, and unyielding faith communities—emphasizing revival, spiritual power, and readiness for persecution. The episode features uplifting stories of miraculous healing, warnings against complacency in Christian leadership, and a no-compromise approach to faith in action.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Testimony and the Reality of Miracles

[03:31] – [04:00] | [18:45] – [20:41]

• Testimonies highlight immediate, physical healing and transformative spiritual breakthroughs at Shuttlesworth’s meetings.
  • Quote:
    “When Pastor Jonathan came and just laid hands on me, I just felt the Holy Spirit come in me and I just felt everything, just like everything just went away. I was in like, no pain, no nothing. Like, I could move my knees now, I could move my neck without even hurting.” — Holland Corsi [03:31]
  • Second testimony details multi-layered blessing—financial, physical, and spiritual—providing encouragement for skeptics and seekers alike.

2. The Mandate: Family, Community, and Direct Experience of God

[04:01] – [06:15]

• Emphasis on raising up a community and a “family” that truly know God, experience His power, and carry spiritual “fire” into their environments.
  • Quote:
    “We're raising up a family ... that don't just know about God. They know God. They've handled his power. They've seen his power flow through them. You're coming out of here today carrying fresh fire, fresh anointing, never to take another backward step.” — Co-Pastor [04:08]
• The movement is open to all who “want in where the fire’s at.”

3. Leadership: Principle, Courage, and No Compromise

[06:15] – [11:40]

• Breakdown of Revival Today Global Pursuit's structural principles:
  • Principled Leadership:
    Pastor Jonathan critiques church leaders who acquiesced to government mandates during COVID-19, urging leaders to be unwavering and principled, regardless of cost.
    • Quote:
      “If you use that phrase after talking to my board, you will lose your credentials here … Quit hiding behind people.” — Shuttlesworth [07:21]
    • Analogy: Americans/Canadians wouldn’t have produced martyrs like the early Church.
  • Direction and Vision:
    Citing Proverbs 29:18, vision is cast as essential for energizing and unifying believers:
    • “Clarity multiplies speed. Everyone runs faster toward a visible target.” — Shuttlesworth [11:41]
  • Enduring Structure:
    The movement aims at sustained, generational impact—not mere moments.
  • Brotherhood:
    “A brother is born for adversity.” — Proverbs 17:17, applied to real-life ministry challenges [15:00]
    • Promise of true solidarity in hardship, not just rhetorical alliance.

4. Core Doctrines That Unify

[22:27] – [31:55]

• Commitment to the Word of Faith:
  • Shuttlesworth stresses the necessity to preach and stand on God’s promises unapologetically.
    • Quote:
      “Probably the greatest gift you can give believers is confidence in God's word.” — Shuttlesworth [22:46]
  • Story about sharing scriptural promises with a Jewish barber, revealing the power of God's Word when it is made plain.
• Soul Winning – Evangelism as Imperative:
  • “The moment a church stops reaching the lost, it starts dying.” — Shuttlesworth [27:20]
• Contending for the Move of the Holy Spirit:
  • Authentic revival requires deliberate pursuit, not just doctrinal assent:
    • “You get a move of God because you pray and fast and press in … The power of God is not optional. It's essential.” — Shuttlesworth [28:01]
  • Warns against “having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.”
• Prosperity & Provision:
  • Stresses biblical prosperity as God's intention, referencing Deuteronomy 28:12; encourages faith for overflow and financial independence.
    • “There's people here tonight. The last loan you ever took will be the last loan you ever take.” — Shuttlesworth [31:05]

5. Urgency and Speed in Ministry

[13:14] – [14:06]

• Argues that the end-times require immediate action, not prolonged bureaucratic planning.
  • “After we had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored ... That's how things need to flow now. Jesus is coming soon.” — Shuttlesworth [13:14]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Principal Leadership & COVID Response:
  “If the early church was made up of Americans and Canadians, they'd have been lucky to get one martyr. You know, God expects you to use wisdom, too.” — Shuttlesworth [07:45]
• On Community & Support:
  “A brother is born for adversity. This is a place you're gonna get. You're not gonna get a call from me, ‘Dial it back.’ ... We'll fix you with a lawyer.” — Shuttlesworth [15:00]
• On Preaching the Word:
  “The devil wants this book hidden from people.” — Shuttlesworth [26:08]
• On Supernatural Power:
  “The supernatural is the believer's normal. Miracles are not a luxury. They're the language of a living gospel.” — Shuttlesworth [30:02]

Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Content | Timestamps | |---|---|---| | Testimonies of Healing | Personal stories of supernatural healing and breakthrough | 03:31–04:00, 18:45–20:41 | | Call to Family and Church as Community | Defining spiritual ‘family’ and collective mission | 04:01–06:15 | | Leadership & Principle | Stand on principle regardless of culture or governmental pressure | 06:15–11:40 | | Vision & Structure | Steps to global pursuit: principle, direction, lifestyle, speed, endurance, mobilization, brotherhood | 11:40–15:00 | | Doctrinal Core | Unified by faith, commitment to scripture, evangelism, pursuit of the Spirit, prosperity | 22:27–31:55 |

Tone and Style

• Direct, Bold, Occasionally Humorous:
  Shuttlesworth’s tone is assertive and unapologetic, employing humor (e.g., on fruit in Eden, church bureaucracies), vivid anecdotes, and scriptural references.
• Encouraging, Challenging:
  Listeners are frequently called to take part, to “carry the fire,” and to avoid passive religiosity.

Takeaways For Listeners

• Revival today requires principle, action, and supernatural expectancy.
• True Christian community stands together in adversity and pursues generational impact.
• God’s promises are for now—healing, provision, and spiritual power included.
• Urgency: The time to act in faith is immediate, not someday.

For those seeking a movement marked by uncompromising faith, bold leadership, and practical miracles, this episode defines the call and the roadmap—no backward steps.