Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
CITY ON A HILL
Bugbrooke housing estate for Stockton House, with its trees
and lawns. They were joined by Dave ‘Resolute’, one of several
Oxford graduates whose abilities were coming in useful.
As we became well-known, people wanted to know where
we stood theologically. Were we orthodox? Did we have pet
doctrines? Also, how did our church work? And what were
members committing themselves to? Noel worked with Dave
on a Statement of Faith and Practice. He also joined Ian ‘Insight’,
the solicitor, and Mike ‘Rockfast’, our treasurer, in
mapping out a new Church Constitution and a Trust Deed
that dealt with the administration of New Creation Christian
Community.
Our basic theology had already been summarised on the
church notice sheets:
This church upholds orthodox Christian truth, being reformed,
evangelical and charismatic; practising believer’s baptism and
the New Testament reality of Christ’s Church.
We believe in God, Father, Son and Spirit; in the full divinity,
atoning death, and bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ;
and in the Bible as God’s word, fully inspired by the Holy Spirit.
We were card-carrying, Bible-waving, charismatic evangelicals
— despite the nasty rumours! The full Statement, which
ran to forty articles, was checked by theologians from Oxford
University and London Bible College.
The public reading in chapel was moving and some aspects
were a little controversial:
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