{"id":344,"date":"2025-03-04T16:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T17:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teeshin.com\/?p=344"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:53:56","slug":"surfing-the-waves-of-spiritual-awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teeshin.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/surfing-the-waves-of-spiritual-awakening\/","title":{"rendered":"Surfing the Waves of Spiritual Awakening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Once upon a time I enjoyed surfing. Not that I was ever good enough to call myself a surfer but I did catch quite a few waves.<\/p>\n

It was the small ones that confounded me. Foolishly brave, I actually rode a few \u201cfreight trains\u201d while struggling to catch their smaller siblings. Friends would quickly catch waves while I thrashed about with swells passing under my board.<\/p>\n

My problem was that I didn\u2019t surf often enough to get very good. Hence I was someone who surfed but not a \u201creal\u201d surfer.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s this got to do with Revival? A lot!<\/p>\n

But first here are some terms for accurate definition. Spiritual Renewal<\/em> is when an individual comes alive after a period of lethargy. And Revival<\/em> happens when a dying church regains life. A spiritual awakening<\/em> is a move of God that transforms a locality or a culture. They occur on a scale of reach, too. Renewals touch individuals. Revivals consume congregations. Awakenings snatch cultures from Satan, restoring lost people to their creator. Finally there is a scale of dominance\u2014a spiritual awakening encompasses the Revival of churches and the Renewal of faith in individuals.<\/p>\n

So, are we on the cusp of a spiritual awakening? Will another Jesus Revolution occur soon? These are important questions. But not the final answer.<\/p>\n

I recently spoke with several leaders in Hawaii about this. They feel that they are seeing the start of another wave of spiritual awakening. I\u2019ll pass along several reasons why. But first let\u2019s suppose they are wrong.<\/p>\n

What if a Spiritual Awakening is a few decades away and all they are seeing are small seeds of Revival? Well then they should ride those smaller waves while awaiting the big swell that we all pray for. And so should you, wherever you serve.<\/p>\n

Did you know that the greatest per-capita Spiritual Awakening in History occurred in Hawaii from 1837-1843. Nearly the entire population accepted Jesus after seventeen years of missionary activity. Those missionaries rode tiny waves of personal salvations, people falling away then renewing faith, etc. for seventeen years before the big wave came.<\/p>\n

Since that time wave after wave of renewal, revival and awakening have swept across the state. About four years before my friends and I arrived a Baptist church planted the last of the 44 churches they had spawned over a couple of decades. Before them there was a strong move among workers in the sugar cane and pineapple camps. Makiki Christian Church arose along with the first wave of Japanese immigrants. While the New Hope Churches and Hope Chapels were at their apogee, the only state in America to show church growth was Hawaii. But that has died down in the past decade.<\/p>\n

On the other hand there are dozens of new church plants sprouting up across the state. The school district raised rents and blocked outside usage of cafeterias during and after COVID but many of those congregations found new quarters or splintered into informal churches meeting in carports and coffee shops. I recently attended the rapidly growing \u201cThe House Established\u201d church whose pastor recently declared that God called him from New York City to plant a church that plants churches\u2014he likened his calling to breathing life into Ezekiel\u2019s valley of dry bones (I think I could identify those dry bones).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m excited about all of this but like I said, we may be wrong. These events may not herald another major Spiritual Awakening. However, they are at least the smaller waves which we should and must ride if we expect to position ourselves for the big events.<\/p>\n

So how do you ride?<\/p>\n

Well, you make sure that what you pump out in knowledge gets met in human hearts. Do you personally disciple people or just run a congregation. Do your disciples discuss intimate details of their lives in light of scripture with others or do they just learn stuff? Do you and the people you disciple pray with outsiders other than prayers for salvation? If someone moves into your community to plant a church or start a ministry do you bless them or oppose them?<\/p>\n

These are small waves and often seem to lack significance but I assure you that the big wave will pass you by if you don\u2019t learn to ride the smaller ones well.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ralph Moore<\/strong>\u00a0is the Founding Pastor of three churches which grew into the Hope Chapel ‘movement’ now numbering more than 2,300 churches, worldwide. These are the offspring of the 70+ congregations launched from Ralph’s hands-on disciplemaking efforts.<\/p>\n

He travels the globe, teaching church multiplication to pastors in startup movements. He’s authored several books, including\u00a0Let Go Of the Ring: The Hope Chapel Story<\/em>,\u00a0Making Disciples<\/em>,\u00a0How to Multiply Your Church<\/em>,\u00a0Starting a New Church<\/em>, and\u00a0Defeating Anxiety<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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