Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
We must not compromise! We’ve all got to bridge the barriers,
but also allow one another to develop our own distinctives
under the calling of God. We mustn’t feel threatened by
one another.
Roger: Why does your leadership appear reluctant to establish
local links rather than just nationally?
Noel: Well I don’t think we are reluctant! Sometimes it’s
other local leaders who are the reluctant ones! Of course we
are now very widely spread from the south coast up to Liverpool
and even Glasgow. That all means we’ve become a national
movement with a need for relationships with national
leaders.
Having said that, we encourage our local leaders, especially
in areas which are new to us, to make contact with other
leaders. There may be liaison over pastoral matters, church
planting, and events like March for Jesus.
Roger: How can we help you overcome the prejudices which
some people hold against you in some of the cities where you
are working?
Noel: First to support our integrity and faith! We’re very
keen for Christian leaders to visit us, ask questions, see things
and make whatever enquiries they want. It helps greatly,
Roger, if national leaders speak well of us. I’m always willing
to meet leaders if that would help.
Secondly, we need to be forgiven for situations which have
arisen over the years which we’ve not handled too well. It’s
the way of pioneers to hold to the vision and press into it and
not deal too well with the ‘spin-offs’. We’ve made many mistakes
in the course of our journey.
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