Fire in our hearts - The Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTSCITY ON A HILLBugbrooke housing estate for Stockton House, with its treesand lawns. They were joined by Dave ‘Resolute’, one of severalOxford graduates whose abilities were coming in useful.As we became well-known, people wanted to know wherewe stood theologically. Were we orthodox? Did we have petdoctrines? Also, how did our church work? And what weremembers committing themselves to? Noel worked with Daveon a Statement of Faith and Practice. He also joined Ian ‘Insight’,the solicitor, and Mike ‘Rockfast’, our treasurer, inmapping out a new Church Constitution and a Trust Deedthat dealt with the administration of New Creation ChristianCommunity.Our basic theology had already been summarised on thechurch notice sheets:This church upholds orthodox Christian truth, being reformed,evangelical and charismatic; practising believer’s baptism andthe New Testament reality of Christ’s Church.We believe in God, Father, Son and Spirit; in the full divinity,atoning death, and bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ;and in the Bible as God’s word, fully inspired by the Holy Spirit.We were card-carrying, Bible-waving, charismatic evangelicals— despite the nasty rumours! The full Statement, whichran to forty articles, was checked by theologians from OxfordUniversity and London Bible College.The public reading in chapel was moving and some aspectswere a little controversial:197