Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
ON THE MARCH
and back streets, the Jesus Army would befriend people and
bring them the love of God.
Noel spoke of how the harvest was plentiful and a hunger
for God was growing in the nation. The church as an army
was becoming a visionary concept throughout the radical
churches. We, and others, were to go on the offensive, challenging
the devil, storming his strongholds, and proclaiming
release to the captives. Mark ‘Strong’ read out the Jesus Army
Manifesto in his clear preacher tones:
‘The Jesus Army is the campaigning arm of the Jesus Fellowship
Church. It is created in response to God’s call for his
church to be an army of his kingdom conquering the spiritual
powers of darkness...
‘The Jesus Army campaigns aggressively against the social
evils so common in our ungodly British society, and also
against religious hypocrisy...
‘The Jesus Army will go where others will not go. It will
take the gospel to the “forgotten people”, the crowds outside
the influence of Christian religion. It will bring healing to the
sick and deliverance to the oppressed...
‘The Jesus Army respects all Christians and churches, and
will not deliberately compete. It will not however allow the
necessary all-out offensive to be slowed down, nor the prophetic
word silenced, because churches are defensive.
‘Jesus Army soldiers pledge full loyalty. They will receive
any training to make victory possible and are committed to
sacrifice and hardship...
‘The Jesus Army unites believers into holy and loving churchcommunities,
which show the end of all divisions and demon-
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