Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

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Forward Through the Desert
1805-1968
It all began in a village with a funny name. Bugbrooke, just
south of Northampton, was a very English village with small
sandstone cottages, a spired church and a large old rectory
that dominated the southern edge. Its parkland of meadow,
oak and copper beech added a touch of grandeur to a scene
that nestled peacefully beneath the rolling hills of the Northamptonshire
uplands.
Mind you, it hadn’t always been peaceful. The East Midlands
had a long history of religious rebels and, in the seventeenth
century, had gaoled men like George Fox and John
Bunyan. At that time, Bugbrooke had the highest proportion
of nonconformists of all the villages in Northamptonshire.
The Bugbrooke Quakers, Presbyterians and Independents
were none too popular and some of them had to worship out
in the fields at a spot called ‘Hallelujah Corner’.
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