I’ve been getting into Alan Hirsch’s weighty book ‘The Forgotten Ways.’ Fantastic book, but meaty. There he is talking about the similarity between the missional environment that the early church grew up in (before Constantine came along and invented Christendom) and the current day world which many are calling post-Christendom. Hirsch is maintaining (and I … More Back to the future
So that CT Studd quote really sticks in your brain… “Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.” It struck me today when I came across it again and its just been on my mind all day. Being a … More Rescue shop…
News snippet from the ‘Zimbabwe Salvationist’ this month: 138 Soldiers Enrolled At Glen Norah HARARE CENTRAL—The Spirit is at work in Glen Norah. Although the corps has been going through a period of rebuilding and transformation, many people in the community received Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord through the corps’ evangelistic activities last year. … More God at work in Zimbabwe
“Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.” “Funds are low again, hallelujah! That means God trusts us and is willing to leave His reputation in our hands.” “Christ’s call is to save the lost, not the stiff-necked; He … More CT Studd
Major Carol Young is calling the Army to arms against some of the prevailing strongholds in the United Kingdom, alcohol and prostitution (see link on the right). These are area’s we’ve traditionally fought well on but where we, as The Army, are sadly losing ground to. Mainly because we try programmes lacking the power to … More Storming Forts of Darkness
We can be very comfortable in the church in accepting the role of the pastor, teacher and evangelist. To some extent we’re content with the prophet until he/she says something we don’t like, but the apostolic ministry is something many of us have trouble with or simply don’t recognise. There are three sense in which … More Sent
So yeah….Aberdeen Torry is our new appointment which we will take up in August. It is a distinct community just south of the city centre of Aberdeen. Torry contains a couple of the poorest 5% neighbourhoods in the whole of Scotland. In fact, the vast majority of Torry is within the 15% bracket of the … More More on Torry and the road there
Stephen Court mentions on his blog today that in some parts of the world, today is Mother’s Day as well as Pentecost. He reckons that Mother’s Day would win 2:1 in most preaches in Salvation Army corps today. Here in the UK, we don’t have Mother’s day today. Our mothers day is a tiny bit … More Squeezing Out the Holy Spirit
Check out this contribution to the clerical discussion by Captain Chris Hinton, Glenrothes. Here
Greetings friends. So, some have taken offence at my post on clericalism. Its too important too delete, but as usual these things can always be communicated clearer. Let me just communicate again in a very short sentences what I was saying: – It was a post in favour of soldiers of The Salvation Army throught … More Clerical Clarification
Andrew S M Clark 