Historian and author David Barton says that even though Americans pray for revival, there is a difference between revival and an awakening. “I’m afraid our culture is yet to be impacted by a biblical worldview.”Subscribe to The Alabama Baptist today! Barton spoke to ALCAP family and friends Jan. 21 after the group’s annual prayer rally at the Alabama State House. “Sunday School was a literacy program for uneducated young people, but it became a great Bible teaching ministry. Today Christians have higher divorce rates than the unchurched.