Jesus Life 87 - Jesus Army

JESUS ON
THE STREETS
www.jesus.org.uk
A word from Mick Haines,
apostolic team leader of the
Jesus Fellowship.
ON THE COVER you will see a “Jesus march”
in Kitwe, Zambia, during a recent Multiply
International Conference there (see pages 16-19).
On 25 June, the Jesus Fellowship/Jesus Army will
be marching in London from Hyde Park Corner,
past the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus, and then
on to Trafalgar Square. It’s part of our colorful and
enjoyable “Jesus Day” celebrations. Come and
join in!
As UK society becomes more secular and the
church increasingly marginalised, we must be
unafraid and unashamed to stand for Jesus. We
must show his freeing life, his transforming power
and his relevance to this spiritually starved nation.
How good it was to read of the 27 Christians
baptised in open-air baptisms in York Minster on
Easter Saturday.
This is a time for reaping the harvest. More
and more people are realising that the idols of
consumerism, sex, money, drugs, alcohol, just
don’t deeply satisfy the human heart. We are
made for more than this.
Financial cuts and fears of unemployment are
causing people to cry out to the one who can really
help them. With half our children experiencing the
breakup of mum and dad during their childhood,
through either divorce or cohabiting couples
splitting up, there is growing insecurity. Anxiety
and loneliness grips many lives; people settle for
social networking and entertainment rather than
real, raw, heart relationships. Let’s be warm,
friendly and large-hearted as we reach out to
people: friends, neighbours, work mates, family
members, the guy in the park...
This year, the Jesus Fellowship has been
experiencing fresh faith and new anointing in our
national celebrations as well as in our regional and
local gatherings. This new anointing will move
increasingly into our evangelism as we are led
by the Holy Spirit and gain new boldness, taking
more risks.
It was sad to hear of the recent death of David
Wilkerson in a car crash in Texas, USA. He wrote
the famous book, The Cross and the Switchblade.
As well as demonstrating the powerful
transformation that comes through the baptism
of the Holy Spirit, David’s fearless outreach to
the gangs of New York has influenced our Jesus
Army outreach over the years. We give thanks for
a gospel pioneer. Determine to be a pioneer of the
gospel wherever you are located.
JL
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