Guidelines For Planning A Weekend Solemn Assembly

This example of planning and holding of a weekend solemn assembly comes from Southern Baptists in Texas. The movement in Texas grew out of several retreats for leaders of Texas Baptist men's groups at which the Holy Spirit caused a spirit of revival to break out, leading to brokenness, repentance, confession, and prayer. Motivation It is unnecessary that one point to conditions in this great nation, America, to begin to lay out the motivation behind the hunger and thirst in God's people to see a revival and renewal in the churches and among God's people. God's judgment is pending because of rampant evil, and because the people of God are far from God. Whether this will be a final judgment or a remedial kind of judgment upon those who call themselves Baptists hangs in the balance. However, it need not be either, if the letter and the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7:14 can be carried to the churches, and if the people will act upon that verse along with other Scriptures. The motivation is t…