Resurrecting the Dead Church

"Resurrecting The Dead Church" by Frank Fears is a fascinating and revealing study of churches in America. (deadchurch.com).

"In countries where it is illegal to become a Christian, where to do so means to be ostracized by your neighbors, even shunned by your own family__ people are being saved. Where salvation equates to sacrifice and harsh persecution__ people are being saved. where the penalty of sharing the gospel is imprisonment, or even death, people are telling others about Jesus. And hundreds, and thousands, are responding passionately. People are being saved. Believers are paying whatever the price exacted, to follow the Lord Jesus. The Holy Spiritis showering the power of God down upon those at the fronts, where the kingdom is suring and where spiritual warfare rages."

The quote above is a fact. I have seen it for myself over the last 20 years. I have been part of gathering in that great harvest. But this is not happening in our "Jerusalem". We have squandered our Christian heritage that was passed on to us. Now, over 80% of America is unchurched. Will we regain our lost ground?

We have ignored the Great Commission far too long and now we are reaping the results of non-evangelism. Many churches are dying a long and miserable death.

How do you resurrect a dead church? You start with new life. New life comes when lost people start getting saved. Not when fish from one aquarium are moved to another. Not through transfer growth, but through real growth; lost people getting saved. This will be the first sign of new life in a dead church.

Resurrecting the dead church, however, will take more than this. But it is a good beginning.
David