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content n ts 9MY SPIRITUAL SEARCH Secrets & Lies - One woman’s story 22-23 REVIVAL FIRES Fire and ice in the arctic circle THE JESUS FEL LOW SHIP CHURCH, which is also known as the Jesus Army and in cludes the New Cre a tion Chris tian Com mu ni ty, up holds the his tor ic Chris tian faith, be ing re formed, evan gel i cal and char is mat ic. It practises believer’s bap tism a nd the New Tes ta ment reality of Christ’s Church; be liev ing in Al mighty God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; in the full divinity, aton i ng death and bodily res ur rec tion of the Lord Jesus Christ; in the Bible as God’s word, fully in spired by the Holy Spirit. This Church desires to wit ness to the Lord ship of Je sus Christ over and in His Church; and, by holy char ac ter, righteous society and evan gel i cal tes ti mo ny to de clare that Je sus Christ, Son of God, the only Saviour, is the way, the truth and the life, and through Him alone can we find and enter the king dom of God. This church proclaims free grace, jus ti fi ca tion by faith in Christ and the sealing and sanc ti fy ing baptism in the Holy Spir it. © 2008 Jesus Fellowship Church, Nether Heyford, Northampton NN7 3LB, UK. Editor James Stacey. Reproduction in any form requires written permission. The Jesus Fellowship does not necessarily agree with all the views expressed in articles and interviews printed in this magazine. Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, a member of the Hodder headline Plc Group. All rights reserved. Photographs in this magazine are copyright Jesus Fellowship Church unless otherwise noted. The Jesus Fellowship is part of Multiply Christian Network. Both the Jesus Fellowship and Multiply Christian Network are members of the Evangelical Alliance UK. Jesus Fellowship Life Trust Registered Charity number 1107952. con ten t s JESUS CENTRES BROTHERS UNITED Two brothers tell their faith story 3-4 Church Alive: Comment 5-7 The Prophetic Word - Kelly Bartholomew explains Church of the Poor 8 Electronic Postbag 14-16 Shane Claiborne - An interview by Lucinda van der Hart of Faithworks magazine 17-21 Multiply Christian Network 24 Pearl of great price 25 Prisons 26 Love’s relevance 30 Radical Bites - A challenge to biblical living 31 Rant and rave - Grassroots mJa voice Jesus Life One/2007 Page 2 www.jesus.org.uk
ALIVE ALIVE church ALIVE Comments from Noel Stanton and members of the Apostolic Team, Jesus Fellowship UK/mJa Noel Stanton www.jesus.org.uk Church of the Poor UK SOCIETY is riddled with injustice, poverty and heartbreak. Marginalised, deprived and criminalised people are everywhere. Old people have to survive on a pittance of a state pension. Some are treated badly in hospitals. Others are abused in old people’s homes. It is reported that some 130,000 children were “homeless” at Christmas. There are many broken families with rejected children. The incapacitated can be badly cared for. Single parents and their children suffer from too low an income, sometimes with insufficient food, clothing and heating. Runaways, ex-prisoners, immigrants face rejection and deprivation. Those addicted to drugs, alcohol or gambling are often in great need. Depression is commonplace. Deaths through overdoses are frequent. Some people are born into poverty and As a voluntary act a group of young people from the Jesus Fellowship in Northampton painted murals on a subway in a deprived community. One was comic strip style, showing a character reforming from a life of crime to a family man with a sense of responsibility (see cover picture). The other was a memorial to three young people from the area who had died recently. never escape. Others, through bad decisions or because they are seduced by offers of credit cards, get into big debt. Those with addictive hang-ups find themselves trapped and needing to beg and steal to keep up their habit. To all of these and many others Jesus says “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God”. He tells His followers to invite the poor to their feast, rather than the rich who can pay them back. And He says that the rich and proud will find it almost impossible to obtain salvation. It’s not just “church for the poor” but “church of the poor”. All of us must be ready to share and bring the justice of God’s kingdom into the church. The modern Jesus army is committed to reaching the poor of every kind, showing love to rejected peoplegroups, inviting everyone into the blessings God has provided for us through Jesus Christ. Jesus Centres Vision JESUS FELLOWSHIP has a vision for Jesus Centres in cities and large towns throughout the UK. These are for Christian worship, evangelism and care. We see them as “Jesus revolution” Centres. They open daily to cater for the needy and bring them to Jesus. Such Centres are a venue for local Jesus Fellowship worship and in some cases provide accommodation for members of New Creation Christian Community. Coventry and Northampton are open and functioning well. London (West End) is due to open shortly. The very central location is well placed to meet the needs of people in our capital. Sheffield and Birmingham are next in line and we are looking for people and funds to open Jesus Centres elsewhere. Join us in faith to achieve this vision. Continued overleaf Jesus Life One/2008 Page 3
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