God Send Revival

I had the privilege of meeting and hearing Lewis Drummond on several occasions. In fact, he even invited me one time to study under him and I only wished it could have been in God's will to have done so.

I am reading the Journal of Evangelism and Missions from Mid-America Seminary from the Spring, 2009 edition on Revival and Spiritual Awakening. One of the main reasons I was reading the journal was its chapter on Manuel Bailey. But in another article, I came across these two quotes from Drummond's book The Awakening That Must Come. (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978).

"Few of us today have ever seen a widespread spiritual awakening. Blessings here and there, yes; but, oh, for an awakening that would bring the masses to the cross and revolutionize our churches and nation. This is the cry of many. Its echoes are the cry of my heart."

"After years of renewal promotion most church members...still want a building that looks like a church, services of the kind they are accustomed to, a clergyman dressed in the way they approve, and to be left alone. Somehow, renewal has simply missed the bulk of God’s people. And that is the prime problem!"

Here is another quote: Vance Havner, a well- known revivalist of the 20th century, defined revival as, “A work of God’s Spirit among his own people . . . what we call revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints getting back to normal”