"Revival is not a large crowd, but it's broken people who want to get right with God," says the pastor of the church that produced the Christian film "Facing the Giants". "The Turn" and "Fire Proof".

"Depending on the time, place and people, revival can look different," said Michael Catt, senior pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia (USA). But all parties revive some common elements: repentance, confession, restoration and brokenness.

"If we are hungry and thirsty for God, if there is a desire for more, if there is a dissatisfaction with the saints, believing that surely God died for more than what we are seeing in our typical church today, these are the elements for a revival, "Catt said in an interview for his new book The Power of delivery: brokenness and revival, released this month in the U.S..

Catt stated clearly that the book is not about church growth. Rather it is about the purification of the church. "And if we asked them excuses for the things swept under the rug and ignore saying, 'Lord, we have sinned against you and ask your forgiveness for what we did," asked the pastor and film producer.

The movement of prosperity theology and teachings, however, present a problem for the renovation, because it confuses people, he noted. Theology of prosperity, as defined by the Lausanne Working Group is the teaching that "the faithful have the right to have the blessings of health and wealth and that they can obtain these blessings through positive confessions of faith by the faithful payment of tithes and offerings. "

Catt pointed to an article found in the December issue of Atlantic magazine. In the article "Why Christianity caused the crash?" Is questioned whether the teaching of the prosperity theology plays a role in Latin America because of the economic crisis and housing.

The magazine criticized the theology of prosperity encourages people to buy things they can not afford and shows that they should not worry because God wants to bless the faithful materially. If they have enough faith, then God will provide the means.

"Sometimes the theology of prosperity and the feel-good gospel tell people what they want to hear," said Catt. "But when you put that alongside the teaching of Jesus carrying the cross, the only reason for the cross dying in the first century, then how to fit the 'dying every day to crucify his flesh" and "theology of prosperity '? "

The Baptist preacher said to him if the sermon does not work in a mud hut in a third world country, then it probably is not true.

Source: Gospel +