The Upper Room

First issue of The Upper Room daily devotional guide is published and 100,000 copies are distributed

First "other language" edition of the guide is printed

The devotional literature department is created and publishes its first tract

A Braille edition of the guide is started

Circulation of the guide passes the two million mark

The Upper Room Fellowship is established to respond to prayer requests and to manage the endowment fund

The Upper Room Library begins its collection of devotional books

The Upper Room Chapel and Museum opens, featuring The Last Supper wood carving

The World Christian Fellowship Window is installed and dedicated in the chapel

First annual edition of The Upper Room Disciplines is published as a pastor's aid

Editions of the daily devotional guide are now printed in 35 languages

The guide becomes available on cassette tape

Alive Now magazine is launched

The Upper Room Chapel and Museum registers its one millionth visitor

The Upper Room Prayer and Bible Conference holds its first gathering

First large-print edition of the daily devotional guide is printed

Maxie Dunnam's Workbook of Living Prayer is published

The 40th anniversary of The Upper Room is observed in Nashville by delegates from 36 international editions

The Upper Room Living Prayer Center is established

The Walk to Emmaus movement is started

The 600-millionth copy of The Upper Room is printed

Pockets magazine is launched

The first Academy of Spiritual Formation is held in Nashville

The Living Prayer Center receives 9,000 calls per month

Chrysalis movement is started

Weavings journal is launched

An Adventure in Healing and Wholeness program is launched

The Upper Room Museum is renovated and hosts its four-millionth visitor

Devo'Zine magazine is launched

The Upper Room enters cyberspace with its own web site

The E-mail Edition of the daily devotional guide begins

The Living Prayer Center receives 15,000 calls per month

MethodX, a website for Young Adults, is launched

Companions in Christ is launched

The Living Prayer Center receives 6,000 prayer requests via the website

Africa Upper Room Ministries is founded near Johannesburg, South Africa

Editions of the daily devotional guide are now printed in 44 languages

Nearly 3,000 copies of Prayers for Courage are sent to military personnel serving overseas

Academy for Spiritual Formation adapted for use in South Africa. Participants intentionally include black, white, and Indian persons.

"Academia de Formacion Espiritual" held in Puerto Rico (Spanish adaptation of the Five Day Academy

The Living Prayer Center receives 30,000 calls per month

SOULFeast retreat is held at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina