Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
COMMUNICATE!
regions and apportion them to regional leadership teams. New
style Jesus Army maps were soon hanging boldly in our houses
displaying these 24 regions and their pioneering activities.
We had now converted a two-storey outbuilding at the Farm
to house our enquiries, communications, accounts, resources
and graphics departments. Alongside Noel’s crowded Farm
office these Central Offices formed a well defined ‘HQ’ that
shouldered much of the administrative burden for the newlyformed
regions. Under its watchful eye, regional leaders developed
their own genius as pastors of the Jesus Army congregations
in their area. The main regional men met together
regularly with Noel as the senior leaders of the whole church.
Steve ‘Capable’s’ region included London and the South East
and he was responsible for Brighton, Hastings and the two
households at Battlecentre. His new ‘sons’ were doing well
and Steve had targeted for a third London household in 1992.
They’d been looking for property for months but weren’t
sure where God wanted them. Eventually Steve found a large
detached house in Ealing, a bit upmarket for the Jesus Army,
but OK. The purchase was about to go through when Steve
went for his usual prayer walk up his street. He suddenly
noticed a FOR SALE notice at Number 13. NO CALLERS, it
read. He knocked anyway.
‘I see your house is up for sale,’ said Steve.
‘What!’ the man exclaimed. He rushed out and uprooted
the sign. ‘I told them not to put one up!’
‘Oh well, you might as well have a look around.’
The house was tempting, but too small. If only they had the
one next door — but that would take a miracle. Steve went
345