The greatest need of the Church today is to truly understand, believe, and live by the Gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in Scripture. This involves taking the Gospel seriously, not conforming it to modern culture but confronting culture with the unedited truth of the Gospel. Emphasizing the importance of grasping the biblical doctrine of justification by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone as a motivating force in personal and corporate church life. Additionally, there is a crucial need for the church to prioritize and practice fervent, scriptural prayer as commanded in the Bible.

What Is the Greatest Need in the Church Today

Alan Cairns
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Alan Cairns

Alan G. Cairns (1940–2020). Born on August 12, 1940, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Alan Cairns was a Northern Irish pastor, author, and radio Bible teacher who dedicated his life to the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. Joining the denomination as a teenager, he became a close associate of Ian Paisley and was called to ministry, pastoring churches in Dunmurry and Ballymoney, County Antrim. In 1973, he launched “Let the Bible Speak,” a radio ministry that, by 2020, reached the UK, Ireland, North America, India, Africa, Nepal, Iran, and Afghanistan. In 1980, he moved to the United States to pastor Faith Free Presbyterian Church in Greenville, South Carolina, serving for 25 years until retiring as Pastor Emeritus in 2007. Cairns founded Geneva Reformed Seminary in Greenville and previously taught theology at Whitefield College of the Bible in Northern Ireland. Known for his Christ-centered expository preaching, he authored a bestselling Dictionary of Theological Terms and recorded thousands of sermons, notably on the Apostle Paul and the life of Christ, available on SermonAudio, where he was the platform’s first preacher. Married to Joan, with a son, Frank, he returned to Northern Ireland in retirement and died on November 5, 2020, in Coleraine after an illness. Cairns said, “The Bible is God’s infallible Word, and its truth must be proclaimed without compromise.”