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Partners in the Mission:
Revival in Taylor County
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| Release Date: 09/30/2008 |
| a message from Dr. Bill Mackey, executive director |
God blessed in an incredible way during the recent Taylor County “Go Tell” Crusade. James Jones, pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and chairman for the crusade, reported 393 professions of faith and 170 rededications.
The report included 160 professions of faith from the campus of Campbellsville University. President Michael Carter reported that 120 first-time decisions came during a special freshman orientation called “First Class” and that another 40 came during the chapel service on Wednesday.
Carter says about half of Campbellsville students are not Christians when they arrive on campus. Praise God that the percentage has changed dramatically for the current freshman class!
It has been my observation that when God moves in this kind of dramatic way, the participants are impacted for a lifetime. There is a new spiritual benchmark in their lives and they continue to pray for God to keep bringing revival.
I also believe that God has only just begun to work in the lives of these participants. If revival history is repeated, a significant number of these students will respond to the call of God to vocational Christian ministry and missions.
During Wednesday youth night, there were 132 professions of faith. Attendance exceeded 3,500, marking the largest Christian gathering in the history of Taylor County.
In the past when God has provided revival, participants have shared their testimonies and the revival has spread to churches and youth groups. I pray that this will be true in this case as well.
Crusade Co-chair Skip Alexander, pastor of Campbellsville Baptist Church, was mindful of the fact that Kentucky Baptists had just gathered in churches all over Kentucky to pray “With One Voice” for God to send revival and spiritual awakening. We should not be surprised that God has blessed!
As Kentucky Baptists, let us be sensitive to the Holy Spirit and pray especially for the new believers at Campbellsville University and in the rest of Taylor County. Pray also for those who are following up to disciple these new and renewed Christians.
Many believe that God may send revival through a younger generation that is desperate for Him. If the economic environment continues to decline, it may be that other generations will become desperate for God as well.
During this very critical time in the history of our nation, we all have an opportunity to seek the Lord in the spirit of II Chronicles 7:14 – “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Dr. Mackey's column appears weekly in the Western Recorder. To subscribe to the Western Recorder, call (502) 489-3535. |
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