Lawrence Jones Discusses His New FOX Nation Series and His Experience at the White House Correspondents Dinner

Maina Mwaura

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By Maina Mwaura, Crosswalk.com

Lawrence Jones, co-host of Fox and Friends, has been up since 3:30 AM to get ready for his 7:00 am show, but you wouldn’t know it from his positive attitude and optimistic view of America being on the brink of Revival. Jones is embarking on a personal mission that he wants all of us to join in to examine the spiritual temperament of young adults across America. Jones has kicked off a five-episode Fox Nation series, entitled “Revival with Lawrence Jones”. With packed churches, mass baptisms, and increased Bible sales, a newfound embrace of faith is spreading across the country within a younger generation, and Jones believes he knows the answer why. In a sit-down interview with Crosswalk, Jones explores the answers why along with opening up about his experience at the White House Correspondents dinner that turned tragic.

Crosswalk: You were at the White House Correspondents Dinner, the night of the tragic shooting. What was the experience like for you?

Lawrence Jones: It's interesting because that day started off kind of chaotic, many of us were coming in from New York City and there were travel issues that day. I end up taking a car up to DC and was already behind schedule. Around the event location had all types of security precautions. They were planned from the outer perimeter, however once you got into the facility, there was really no security as far as like checking. The ballroom was so crowded, though. It wasn’t meant for that amount of people to be that close. From the moment I entered into Ballroom, it took me about 25 minutes to get to my seat. We were packed in like sardines, and you just could not move. I was probably about three rows from where the president was going to be, and we're chatting it up, talking to everyone, cabinet officials were sprinkled in at some of the tables, and then I heard the shots. I grew up with guns, and I know how they sound. It could have been really bad, but by the grace of God, we're all here to tell and share the story.

CW: You have a very busy schedule, what moved you to study the growth of Religion with the framework of Generation Z?

LJ: We have a great production staff, the cream of the crop. Some of the executives and I were talking organically about the spiritual revival that's happening. Those questions, led to me wanting to study if it was real. This is not like your typical generation that, you know, is turning toward God normally during this age group. These are kids that normally become estranged, they grew up in the church and then they want to leave. It started out with that question, and then it led me to try to explore what's really going on.

CW: What did you learn while during the series?

LJ: I grew up a pastor’s kid. I never lost the love of Christ and who he is. I would say that at one point in my life, I had become very frustrated with the church, and the business aspect of it seemed to have dominated the conversation. It didn't seem as organic looking at these young people, and they're yearning for, I would say, it activated me a little bit more than I had been in probably the last decade. Because it was so pure, so innocent, so real.

CW: Why do you think we’re seeing this growth?

LJ: I would say it happened pretty soon after COVID. My theory for why I think COVID, is because it really impacted the country in, in many ways, I don't think we do well in isolation. I think the isolation really created this, you know, spiritual hopelessness. One of the things that really impacted us is that they shut the churches down. The fact that the government had the ability to shut churches down, it's like blasphemous. I think people were kind of blocked from that, it created this despair, this hopelessness. I think people are trying to fight it out. They're looking for something bigger than themselves. And that, of course, leads them to the foot of Jesus.

CW: When you look back as a pastor's kid from Texas, is this what you thought?

LJ: I had much different plans. I was going to go to law school. I had a lot of plans, and this was not a part of it. I don't take my responsibility that he is entrusted with me every morning and on the airwaves. I continue to be grateful.

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MAINA MWAURA is a freelance writer and journalist who has interviewed over 800 influential leaders, including two US Presidents, three Vice-Presidents, and a variety of others. Maina, is also the author of the Influential Mentor, How the life and legacy of Howard Hendricks Equipped and Inspired a Generation of Leaders. Maina and his family reside in the Kennesaw, Georgia area.