churches in our state in baptisms. I hope we never ‘learn’ that revivals are dead.” • “I have a rather blunt theory about the lack of interest in revivals in some churches. A successful revival requires an enormous amount of preparation and prayer. Many churches want to shortcut that process, or avoid revivals altogether. Frankly, some Christians are just plain lazy.” The pastor’s less-than-diplomatic response was a theme we heard in many of our interviews. We asked the pastors of these churches