Journalist Billy Hallowell: Spiritual Hunger Growing in America Despite Ethical Demise
“We have never seen anything like this in our church.”
BY BILLY HALLOWELL
The Washington Times – Opinion
That’s what Wayne Bray, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, said last year after 141 people were baptized in one day at his South Carolina house of worship.
Mr. Bray told the Baptist Press the event was “unimaginable” and expressed elation over so many people publicly professing their newfound faith.
Many preachers are finding themselves in the same stunned position. Amid mass confusion and aimless cultural wandering, a slow-building resurgence is afoot — a spiritual hunger that appears to be growing in tandem with culture’s ethical demise.
As the evil, darkness and discontentedness increase, something remarkable is happening: For many, the veil is being lifted. There’s a rising tide of people across America who are snapping out of their stupor as the cultural dumpster fires rage.
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FEATURED PHOTO: Approximately 4,500 people were baptized by a team of pastors led by Pastor Greg Laurie at Pirates’ Cove in Newport Beach, Calif., on July 8, 2023. (Photo by John Fredricks) STORY: Mass baptism in Southern California described in ‘Biblical proportions’
