Dr. Crawford Loritts teaching at a Heart-Cry for Revival conference
USA (MNN) ― Recent research from the Barna Institute indicated that young adults were likely to embrace a designer faith, with rootless values. That has brought a great challenge to the church, along with the desire for revival.
"If the church will rise up and be the light, people will flock to the light", says Evangelist Sammy Tippit. He joined nearly 400 pastors and Christian leaders at the Billy Graham's Training Center for a Heart-Cry for Revival Conference.
The conference began with a spirit of prayer permeating the meetings. Dave Butts, chairman of the U.S. national prayer committee, and Daniel Henderson, president of Strategic Renewal Ministries, led prayer preconference sessions. God's presence filled the retreat center during these meetings. When the participants for the conference arrived on Day 1, people's hearts were hungry and thirsty for revival.
They listened to speakers such as Richard Owen Roberts, James MacDonald, Dr. Crawford Loritts, Sammy Tippit, and Nancy Leigh DeMoss issue a call to pray for revival. Many ministry leaders lead without preparing adequately. Tippit said, "I don't believe the problem can adequately be described as burn-out. It would be better defined as ‘dehydration.' We become so busy in the work of God that we don't have time to stop and drink from the waters that flow from God's throne. And that's where the refreshing comes from."
Together, those who attended were re-energized from God's Word in order to be ready to lead. "We just really believe that church growth, revival, and reaching people for Christ needs to have its roots in a biblical approach and not an experiential approach."
As the team works to spread revival, church growth will follow. There are plans in the works to cultivate more. "We're looking at starting 'Heart Cry for Revival' Conferences in South Africa and also in Canada. We're putting together a system whereby this can become a movement."
Continue to pray for the logistics to work out in this revival group. Pray that God would continue to bless church leaders through the messages posted from the conference, and pray that obstacles would clear away as this movement grows.
