(Editor's note: We continue to find reports of revival, many people - sometimes spontaneously - coming to Christ, taking place in regional pockets around the country. As we research this encouraging trend, we plan additional stories to share with you. Here's the latest.)
More than 1,000 commitments to Christ at this church in 2023!
Lori Bucher is a bright light for Jesus. Standing alongside her pastor husband Darrell, she's excited for the revival they've been seeing in their church, Lima First Church in Ohio.
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Lori was raised to build relationships.
“So in our neighborhood, we did summer Olympics and silly things and but somehow my parents would always tie that in to being a witness for Jesus,” Lori shares.
As part of her faith, Lori has brought that joy and passion for salvations into her role as a leader at her church.
“We were introduced to fasting, both of us, as kids and so when we came to Lima First, it was just natural to incorporate that into our leadership. And so we began to fast corporately the first three days of every month.”
With more than 1,000 salvations in 2023, lead pastor of Lima First Church in Lima, Ohio, Darrell Bucher and his wife Lori have seen revival hit every ministry in their church.
"At the beginning of '23, when we saw the boom, we really felt like the Lord had called us to lead our church into a longer fast. We led them last year into 21 days of fasting...and we saw an almost immediate spike in people coming to church," Pastor Darrell Bucher shared.
Lori says, “our people are getting filled up with the things of God. Lives are being changed; marriages healed. Wayward kids coming home. And then they’re telling their friends about it.”
