Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
NEW GENERATION
God was working fast in the UK. Was our gospel net ready?
Were we geared for growth? We wanted passion and power
but needed structures; wineskins that neither restricted nor
wasted the wine. We believed in the dynamics of revival, with
spiritual anointings being worked out in fruitful activity. God’s
goal was to reap the harvest.
Our profile to date was this: one national body, co-ordinated
centrally and motivated by 18 senior men — one vision, one
army, and one united church. This consisted of 75 church
households scattered throughout the UK and led by 200 or so
pastors and their trainees. In all 2,000 members and friends
gathered regularly for our large Jesus Army celebrations.
Central Offices included Enquiries, Communications, Resources
and a new Church Growth Department. We distributed
25,000 magazines and 100,000 streetpapers every quarter
as well as See You!, a guide to the 14 Jesus Fellowship
congregations and 8 other Multiply partners in the UK. We
also had a colourful web site on the Internet.
Evangelism included regular household activity plus the
centrally motivated Ignition, EDP, marquee and coach campaigns.
Then there were multimedia productions like the recent
‘Hot People’.
Strategies for training and nurturing people were firmly in
place as mature brothers and sisters went about fathering
and mothering a new generation. Community houses, with
their raw, hands-on experience of living together gave extra
opportunities for growth in grace — for us all!
Cell groups, ‘Agape’ love-feasts and household meetings
were weekly features and there were slots in our programme
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