Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
CITY ON A HILL
an hour a week interceding for the church and its work. Each
household had a co-ordinator and requests were fed into the
chain at any time. A friend might be seriously ill, a new convert
struggling, or an evangelist in a tight spot. Someone,
somewhere, would lift the need to God.
The whole Fellowship was mobilised, now, as never before
and God was taking us into a new phase of our calling. Our
servant group overseer in Birmingham became very interested
in William Booth and the Salvation Army. His lamp
burned into the night as he explored, read and enthused.
Books flew from second-hand shops to Anchorage, and sometimes
down to New Creation Farm. Noel read again of Booth
and his Army. They knew the power of God! They were persecuted!
They loved holiness! They reached the masses!
When we prepared a guide for servant group leaders the
General was quoted: ‘Give me godly, go-ahead dare-devils,
and anybody can have the preachers!’ We sympathised with
the vision and spirit of the early Salvation Army, and their allout
offensive to rescue the sinful. This was our dream. We,
too, needed to be a strong, organised and fearless army of
the Lord.
As evangelism team leaders met to discuss strategy, bring
reports and inspire one another, town plans and maps of Britain
began to appear on our walls. It looked as though the city
on a hill was becoming an army on the move.
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