Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
CITY ON A HILL
that make up a full and balanced life — outings to the cinema
and so on.’
We were on different wavelengths. Buzz mourned the loss
of worldly influences and called us isolationist. Noel, on the
other hand, felt it was ‘important to maintain our holy identity’.
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Buzz concluded: The Fellowship has a commitment to their
understanding of community being an essential part of New
Testament Christianity. And this divides them from their fellow
Christians.’ 67
Buzz set the tone amongst Christians. At the Greenbelt Festival
our presence was unwelcome and we were regarded as
independent, legalistic — even dangerous! Already the Greenbelt
organisers had given a general warning against ‘sheepstealers’,
and one leader, engaged in anti-cult work, distributed
a leaflet. Our name appeared in it!
Another document had been circulating for a couple of years
from an anti-cult body called FAIR — Family, Action, Information,
Rescue. This ‘unfair’ document passed between angry
parents and critics, and became standard press material. It
was inspiring, even entertaining — and libellous!
Their ethos is modelled on the Anabaptists, who believed the
only valid baptism was of adults who experienced new birth.
Turning from the broader base of established Christianity in
the world, they followed a narrower, purist creed, taking Scripture
as their authority... The Hutterites maintained a high standard
of morality, [and] practised community of goods... The Bugbrooke
Fellowship aims to emulate them. Their... fellowship is
real and warm. Their adherence to traditional Christian values
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