01/11/2005: "The Answer to the “Dead Church” Syndrome"
Does your church have that old dried out dead feeling? Are the relationships in your church cold and lifeless? Is your church bearing Spiritual fruit? Has it lost its life and you are considering looking for another church?
Well, don’t bother; the death of the church is not in your church alone. It is actually in most churches in America and to some degree the church universal. Granted, there are some areas of life. Take a look at the growth of the church in China, Africa and Korea.
The questions that immediately come to my mind are: So, is this a new occurrence? Can this be reversed? What can we do?
I were confronted with this discussion at my church this past weekend, and then I was introduce to a dead white guy (DWG) that had spent much of his life on the topic. Let me introduce you to this DWG and let him answer these questions for you in a much more enjoyable manor.
The gentleman is Dr. J. Edwin Orr. To read his biography, go here. Dr Orr spent much of his life studying, writing on the topic and preaching about revival.
Catholics, you need to help me out here. As a youth I do not remember hearing much at all about the concept of revival in the Catholic Church. As I do a quick search of the web I do find some interesting information on Catholic Revival. (See Catholic Revival Blog ).
Dr. Orr is a world-renowned expert on the topic. What I am going to do today is expose you to many of his best sermons on the topic. I extol you to listen to as many of these as possible! They are very encouraging and possibly life changing.
