Revival in the SBC

I have been greatly encouraged by Dr. Frank Page's emphasis on revival during his short tenure as SBC president. In a recent article, Dr. Page quotes Roy Fish: "For 30 years we have tried to raise baptism numbers among an un-revived people in unrevived churches." This has been a concern of mine for some time as well.

I would urge us who love our blessed convention:

• to stop fighting over Calvinism, church polity, and worship styles and begin to work together to bring revival to our churches. There is much more to unite us than can divide us.
• to renew our revivalistic emphasis, once so strong in our convention but now waning.
• to renew the use of revivals in our churches. For years now we have seen what was once a traditional part of our church ministries being neglected. We are reaping the results of that now. And...
• to humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways so that God will hear us and heal us, bringing spiritual renewal.

I pray that our president's call for revival will be heeded.