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| |  | | | Together with OneCry - OneCry | | Many churches and organizations are issuing a call to the nation to cry out to God for a spiritual awakening. Together, we are lifting one cry to the Father for a spiritual transformation of our hearts, homes, and communities. (Note: OneCry does not necessarily endorse the entire philosophy and ministry of all these organizations.) | |  |
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| |  | | | About the project | The Star of Bethlehem | | A strange star is claimed to have appeared at the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. This site is an investigation of the story found in the Biblical Gospel of Matthew, a story often called the ‘Star of Bethlehem.’ It brings the words of Roman and Jewish historians alongside the visions of ancient prophets. It mixes “modern” mathematicians with murderous turmoil in the Roman imperial court. It combines all these with astronomical facts which no one disputes. And it concludes that the star was a real event. Come solve this age-old mystery for yourself… [More] | | |
| |  | | | Spiritual Awakening | Spiritual Awakening
“What would a contemporary spiritual awakening look like in America… in our church and culture?” There are 20 indicators that will signal a Great Awakening in America: 10 in the Church and 10 in the Culture. These Spiritual indicators will ignite a passion for the body of Christ to unify in prayer, as we prepare our states, our counties, and our hearts. | | |
| | | | | The Fifth Great Awakening 2 | After only one week we already have 6 followers, and we are continuing to expand the blog, with the goal of creating a substantial reader base. We already appear on the second page of Google results for the search "Fifth Great Awakening" (there are over 10 pages of results). We are also considering created a Facebook page, either for the blog or the "Fifth Great Awakening" in general.
Please help us expand! If you are reading this blog, please tell others about it. Tell them on Twitter or tell them in person. There are thousands of Americans who agree with the message of this blog, but who, without your help, will never hear of it. I hope in another week can double our followers and reader base, and I believe we can do it if every reader helps.
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Signs of a Great Awakening; "Gateway Bibles"
In the essay cited in the very first post here, and in my own opinion, the way to a new Great Awakening is to mix the traditional Gospel message with a more modern style. In the essay this concept was expressed in the phrase "The style of Barack Obama [delivery of the message], the substance of the Gospel [the message itself]."
USA today reported in October 2008 that Bible publishers were producing Bibles meant to appeal to the secular crowd; some of these Bibles were styled like teen magazines, and one featured a photo of Angelina Jolie. This modern delivery of the Gospel message is almost exactly the kind of thing I have been thinking, and I only just read the news story today. Here it is.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religi...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Here is an example of how we can begin a Great Awakening
On July 14, Judge Lucinda V. Sadler of the Laconia Family Court in New Hampshire approved and issued an order forcing a 10 year old Christian homeschooled girl into public school because of her “rigidity on matters of faith.” Though the Marital Master Michael Garner said “it is clear that the home schooling...has more than kept up with the academic requirements of the...public school system,” he also said that “[the girl's] vigorous defense of her religious beliefs to [her] counselor suggests strongly that she has not had the opportunity to seriously consider any other point of view.” This sort of government meddling in education is wrong and unprecedented.
What we can do is call the office of the Laconia Family Court and let them know that millions of Americans, Christian or not, agree that it is not the role of any branch or level of government to interfere in personal decisions as this court has. We can also express support for the right to homeschool our children.
Court office contact info:
Phone : (603) 524-7755
Hours : Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDeta... (Quotes taken from here)
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Well, we have to begin somewhere
I am pretty new to blogging. I have some experience working on the internet but I have never managed, and barely edited, a blog before. Even though I am speaking in the first person, I am not going to use my real name in posts for purposes of privacy. In fact, my real does not matter for the purpose of this project.
I happen to believe that in this country, the United States of America, there will be a Christian revival in the coming years comparable in many ways to the "Great Awakenings" of our past history. I am writing this blog to spread this idea and, honestly, to help myself understand what I am thinking!
I will elaborate on all sorts of details as I get the feel of blogging and find worthy news stories, writings and thoughts of my own, etc.
I have had this idea, or some form of it, for almost two years. You may consider it crazy, or unprecedented (which, examining history, it is not) or simply unlikely. Think what you want, but I want you to read this blog and read the posts here, and think about it.
Without further ado, here is a link to a wonderful essay detailing one take on this proposed "Fifth Great Awakening." It is entitled "The Coming Fifth Great Awakening in America." Read it, or just skim through it. I believe that some of its observations and propositions are truly insightful.
http://www.conservapedia.com/Essay:...
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| |  | | | Fourth Great Awakening | 1960 - 1980 | Fourth Great Awakening was a Christian religious awakening that some scholars — most notably economic historian Robert Fogel — say took place in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, while others look at the era following World War II. The terminology is controversial, with many historians believing the religious changes that took place in the US during these years were not equivalent to those of the first three great awakenings. Thus, the idea of a Fourth Great Awakening itself has not been generally accepted.[1]
Whether or not they constitute an awakening, many changes did take place. The "mainline" Protestant churches weakened sharply in both membership and influence while the most conservative religious denominations (such as the Southern Baptists and Missouri Synod Lutherans) grew rapidly in numbers, spread across the United States, had grave internal theological battles and schisms, and became politically powerful. Other evangelical and fundamentalist denominations also expanded rapidly. At the same time, secularism grew dramatically, and the more conservative churches saw themselves battling secularism in terms of issues such as gay rights, abortion, and creationism. [More] | | |
| |  | | | Third Great Awakening | 1850 - 1900 | Third Great Awakening refers to a hypothetical historical period proposed by William G. McLoughlin that was marked by religious activism in American history and spans the late 1850s to the early 20th century.[1] It affected pietistic Protestant denominations and had a strong element of social activism.[2] It gathered strength from the postmillennial belief that the Second Coming of Christ would occur after mankind had reformed the entire earth. It was affiliated with the Social Gospel Movement, which applied Christianity to social issues and gained its force from the Awakening, as did the worldwide missionary movement. New groupings emerged, such as the Holiness movement and Nazarene movements, and Christian Science.[3]
The era saw the adoption of a number of moral causes, such as the abolition of slavery and prohibition. However, some scholars, such as Kenneth Scott Latourette, dispute the thesis that the United States ever had a Third Great Awakening. [More] | | |
| |  | | | Second Great Awakening | 1790 - 1840 | The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement. It was past its peak by the late 1850s. The Second Great Awakening reflected Romanticism characterized by enthusiasm, emotion, and an appeal to the super-natural. It rejected the skeptical rationalism and deism of the Enlightenment.
The revivals enrolled millions of new members in existing evangelical denominations and led to the formation of new denominations. Many converts believed that the Awakening heralded a new millennial age. The Second Great Awakening stimulated the establishment of many reform movements designed to remedy the evils of society before the anticipated Second Coming of Jesus Christ.[1]
People at the time talked about the Awakening; historians named the Second Great Awakening in the context of the First Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s and of the Third Great Awakening of the late 1850s to early 1900s. These revivals were part of a much larger Romantic religious movement that was sweeping across Europe at the time, mainly throughout England, Scotland, and Germany. [More] | | |
| |  | | | First Great Awakening | 1730 - 1755 | The Great Awakening was an evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American Protestantism. It resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of deep personal revelation of their need of salvation by Jesus Christ. The Great Awakening pulled away from ritual, ceremony, sacramentalism, and hierarchy, and made Christianity intensely personal to the average person by fostering a deep sense of spiritual conviction and redemption, and by encouraging introspection and a commitment to a new standard of personal morality.[1]
The movement was an important social event in New England, which challenged established authority and incited rancor and division between traditionalist Protestants, who insisted on the continuing importance of ritual and doctrine, and the revivalists, who encouraged emotional involvement. It had an impact in reshaping the Congregational church, the Presbyterian church, the Dutch Reformed Church, and the German Reformed denominations, and strengthened the small Baptist and Methodist Anglican denominations. It had little impact on most Anglicans, Lutherans, Quakers, and non-Protestants.[2] Throughout the colonies, especially in the south, the revivalist movement increased the number of African slaves and free blacks who were exposed to and subsequently converted to Christianity.[3]
The Second Great Awakening began about 1800 and reached out to the unchurched, whereas the First Great Awakening focused on people who were already church members. 18th-century American Christians added an emphasis on "outpourings of the Holy Spirit" to the evangelical imperatives of Reformation Protestantism. Revivals encapsulated those hallmarks and spread the newly created evangelicalism into the early republic.[4] Evangelical preachers "sought to include every person in conversion, regardless of gender, race, and status." [More] | | |
| | | | | Christians Mark 150 Years of Fulton Street Revival | The Fulton Street Revival is one of the great unreported revivals of all time, some say. And 150 years later, Christians across New York are joining to rekindle a spiritual awakening throughout the nation.
Sunday marks the 150th anniversary of one of the most unique revivals that led the nation toward its Third Great Awakening in the midst of economic devastation and a nation divided over slavery.
The revival began with a middle-aged tradesman, Jeremiah Lanphier, who was left behind by a Dutch Reformed Church congregation that relocated from the corner of Fulton and William Streets to the north. With families moving out of the city, leaving a population of poor immigrants and laborers, the church wanted to keep a witness in the area. Lanphier was appointed to lead the mission in lower Manhattan.
At that time in 1857, 30,000 men were idle in the streets and unemployment and drunkenness were rampant, the Rev. Dr. Mac Pier, president of Concerts of Prayer of Greater New York, explained in a special video presentation marking the anniversary.
Lanphier walked the streets around his church and noticed businessmen he passed who had anxious appearances and worried expressions as the nation was standing on the brink of economic disaster, Fulton Street Revival historian Roy Fish described.
Months of knocking on doors and sharing the Gospel message didn't change much and left Lanphier worn out.
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Realizing the need for prayer, Lanphier then began handing out thousands of flyers advertising the first noonday prayer meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 23. He sat alone for the first half hour but was soon joined by five other men. The following weeks, the Wednesday prayer meetings saw larger crowds and within three months there were prayer meetings all over the city and more than 50,000 people in New York City alone who paused at noon to pray.
The prayer revival soon spread across the nation and in about 18 months, a million people were converted to Jesus Christ, said Fish.
"If we had a revival like that today, it would mean the conversion of 10 million people," Fish pointed out.
The Fulton Street Revival is also dubbed "the Layman's Revival" by some as it was uniquely lay driven and had no leading preacher or other prominent leader.
"When we look back we really see that this was not a movement of great men or great women," said Ed Stetzer, director of LifeWay Research. "This was a movement of a simple layman who was left behind by a relocating church."
A Citywide Prayer Meeting was scheduled to take place at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn on Saturday involving churches across the state. The prayer meeting came in the middle of a three-day conference (Sept. 21-23) at the Hilton New York Hotel celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Fulton Street Revival. The conference features such speakers as Dr. Jack Hayford of The Church on the Way in California and Dr. Henry Blackaby of Blackaby Ministries International, and a historic tour visiting the site where the first prayer meeting began.
Hoping for revival, Blackaby said, "He (God) has done it before. My prayer is that we would be the kind of people through whom He could do it again." [More] | | |
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