Evangelism: Anne Graham Lotz Launches Five-city Revival Tour
Anne Graham Lotz says, Just give me Jesus in five-city revival.
By Jim Jones in Fort Worth | posted 6/12/2000 12:00AM
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"lt goes against my nature," said Lotz, who said she is basically shy. She is married to Dan Lotz, a dentist in Raleigh, N.C., and a former basketball player for the 'University of North Carolina. They have three grown children. Her calling to preach developed as she was a mother and housewife in Raleigh, N.C. From 1976 to 1988 Lotz taught a weekly Bible study fellowship for women at her church. It grew to more than 500 participants and spawned nine other Bible studies of similar size. In 1988 she established AnGeL Ministries and has been a speaker at conferences on every continent, except Antarctica.But her role as a woman speaking out on godly matters to male audiences has not gone without challenges. Many conservative Christians think it is unbiblical for a woman to preach to men. During a speaking engagement at pastor's conference in 1988, many of the men turned their back on her, she said.
"It was a critical moment," Lotz recalled. "I had never had any problem with women being in the ministry. But that experience caused me to re-examine my position."
After much Bible study, she became convinced that God had called her to give her testimony about what Jesus Christ has meant to her life. But she agrees with conservatives who say a woman should not be a senior pastor.
"I know Christians disagree on this issue, but I believe God has called me into the ministry where I am,"
she said. One Bible passages that convinced her she was doing God's will was the Gospel account of Mary Magdalene being the first to see Jesus after the resurrection.
"Jesus tells her to tell what she saw to the 11 disciples, who were all men," said Lotz.
Related Elsewhere
The Associated Press and
Time
magazine, also recently covered Lotz's "Just Give Me Jesus" tour.Christianity Todayprofiled Lotz our April 5, 1999 issue.The New York Times profiled Lotz on New Year's Day 1999 in an article on a "
new generation of evangelists"
AnneGrahamLotz.com (which is also AngelMinistries.org) offers more information about Lotz, AnGeL Ministries, and the "Just Give Me Jesus" revivals.
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