Rethinking Revival... A True Story

One of my pastor-friends went to a community gathering for pastors. The pastor leading the gathering said, "We need to find out why we have 11,000 international students living amongst us and very few of those students have ever met a Christian. After all, Jesus commanded us to 'make disciples of all nations.' We need to have a revival." At this point, a number of pastors began to get excited. That's what we need—a revival! Then one pastor slowly raised his hand: "Maybe some of the 11,000 students have met a Christian—however, is it possible that the Christian didn't know how to live on mission as a disciplemaker? What if we started equipping Christians in our churches to make disciples like Jesus did? Perhaps we would see God-prompted disciplemaking movement in our area?" A long awkward pause ensued. Then the pastor leading the meeting said, "So back to the revival idea...." It really makes me wonder: Can there be a real "revival