Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
Authors’ Preface
It was in early 1988 that we finally decided to write this book.
The Jesus Fellowship had always been controversial since its
beginnings at Bugbrooke Baptist Chapel. But after the dramatic
launch of the Jesus Army in 1987 people were keener
than ever to hear our story.
Our first experience of charismatic renewal was back in
1969. Since then we’d established an ‘Acts 2’ community lifestyle,
spread across much of England, and taken the gospel
to the streets. At times it was a lonely road. But now, after
almost twenty years of pioneering, we felt God urging us to
stand with others and share our heart and vision.
And so, with some added encouragement from Kingsway
Publications, we sat down to write. One of our main leaders,
Mike Farrant, had a lot of ideas for the book, but, when it
came to it, he was hopelessly busy in administration. So Mike
and I worked together.
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