One of the beautiful things about Twitter is you get a peek into the unbridled thoughts of the famous before their handlers can stop them.
North Point Community Church lead pastor Andy Stanley clarified to The Christian Post about tweets he made earlier in the week that appeared to be criticism of Southern Baptist Convention leaders calling for a spiritual revival, explaining that he was talking about local revival rather than a Great Awakening-style revival.
Andy Stanley preaches to an estimated 33,000 people every Sunday at North Point Ministries’ five metro-Atlanta campuses. His television program, Your Move, is viewed by an audience of nearly one million each week.
On Tuesday, Stanley tweeted,
- “Instead of praying for revival leaders of the SBC should go spend three weeks with @perrynoble Why pray for one when you can go watch one.”
- “Praying for revival equates to blaming God for the condition of your local church.”
- “Why not call the Church to pray for the things Jesus & New Testament writers prayed for? Why add Revival to the list?”
- “Churches that need reviving most are the very churches that resist it most.”
Stanley conceded that the conversation spiraled beyond what he had intended it to be after he and others began diverging on what they meant by “revival.”
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