I'm glad the group of believers that I gather together with each week does not fit this description!!!
One thing I do not believe, is that a revival is to be special services with a special speaker for days or weeks.
Our church has regular services, but there is something going on almost every ngiht of the week... not services where we come, sing, give in the offering and listen to preaching, but Bible studies etc.
Our church is growing and strengthening and God is moving mightily.
Our prayer meetings are powerful.
We often use and hear others us the term "Revival" meaning that there is a preacher coming in and preaching their guts out and reaching the lost. Revival is not reaching the unchurched, but it is reaching the backslidders if you will. Agree? What term or phrase should be used when we are trying to reach the lost or the unchurched? It is it easy to call it out reach, but does that cover it? Should it be A Gathering or something?
What say ye? Does it bother you for people to call it revival and all that is going on is hoping to reach new people? Maybe I am wrong if so someone set me straight.
NO I do not agree. Revival is a term used to get a sluggish church back on track and on fire for God. That means not just passionate, but burdoned and emboldened. It will include a renewed desire to pray and fast and read his word as well as reaching lost souls...so using a trickledown effect it does also include reading the lost and backslidden
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