God's Work Historically In Prior Generations

About this episode

Mark discusses the decline of church attendance in America and the historical context of revival, urging the church to respond with prayer and action.

40 million Americans have left the church in the last twenty-five years, and no one is replacing them, so what do we do with that? Mark puts the Awakening series in sobering context, walking through the history of revival to show that God tends to move most powerfully when things look the bleakest, and calls the church to respond with desperate prayer, personal holiness, and a willingness to go, give, and multiply.

People in this episode

Host: Mark

Topics covered

• church attendance decline
• historical revival
• desperate prayer
• personal holiness
• multiplication

Keywords

• church decline
• revival history
• Awakening series
• prayer
• personal holiness
• multiplication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cornerstone Church of Ames

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