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Healing tent at Green Festival
Dec 13th, 2011

Joy at healing tent

A TEAM from the Jesus Army in Northampton recently ran a "healing tent" during a Green Festival in a local park.

It was a great success. People who came to the tent reported healings including relief from shoulder problems and chronic stomach pain.

One woman who had been wheelchair-bound after a car ...

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Christmas is coming
Dec 8th, 2011

Tis the season to be jolly!

A PHONE company got in trouble recently after featuring a cartoon image of Jesus Christ on an advert.

The advertising watchdog received 100 complaints that it "mocked and belittled" the Christian faith and banned the advert. The phone company said it had aimed to create a "light-hearted, positive and contemporary image ...

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New Friends Course
Sep 23rd, 2011

New Friends is for YOU!

THE NEW Friends Course is an introductory course about the Christian Faith, run by the Jesus Army. It takes place every Wednesday evening, in locations all around the country, until the 2nd of November.

This is from the booklet that accompanies the sessions:

New Friends is an opportunity for anyone to explore ...

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Healing past and present
Aug 23rd, 2011

Smith Wigglesworth

SMITH WIGGLESWORTH (1859-1947) was an early twentieth century Pentecostal pioneer from Yorkshire.

When he prayed for people, remarkable things happened: people regained their hearing and sight, cancerous growths disappeared, new limbs even grew.

Once, when he and a friend were praying for a woman in a hospital, she died. He took her ...

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The beers are on me
Jun 27th, 2011

How about a swig of uncreated life?

BUDWEISER '66 has got to be the beer to go for at the moment: it's new ( has to be good, doesn't it? ) and it boasts that it's "lightly carbonated" with a smooth, easy taste, which is a reassuring factoid for those who don't like their tastes "hard".

Whatever that ...

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Prayer power
Jun 23rd, 2011

Healing prayer

IN NORTHAMPTON, some Jesus Army members prayed for their friend when a scan had showed a large tumour in his stomach. After their prayers, there was no trace of the tumour.

In London, a Jesus Army member prayed for their grandma, and subsequently recovered from cancer. Around the same time, a ...

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Why religion sucks, but Jesus rules
Apr 11th, 2011

"We don

TONY BLAIR was famously warned not to “do God” during his period in office as British Prime Minister. Afterwards, he become a Catholic.

Christopher Hitchens, author of God is not great, is an atheist columnist with a real dislike for religion.

Both are great public speakers and met in Montreal, Canada recently ...

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Cookies and dream
Apr 7th, 2011

Cookies, hot chocolate and chat

LOADED with cookies, hot chocolate and free magazines, young people from the Jesus Army set up a stall at the SOAS (School of African and Oriental Studies) University in London recently.

They received a great deal of positive interest and made friends with the Christian Union. One young man came to ...

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Happily ever after
Mar 14th, 2011

Fairytale ending?

On the 29th April this year, Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry at Westminster Abbey. The Queen will host a reception at Buckingham palace afterwards.

Everyone loves a wedding, and this one promises to be one of the most spectacular for a long time, with large crowds in central London ...

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Smash the system
Mar 2nd, 2011

Violence on London

UNDER the surface in UK society is growing unrest.

Sometimes anger erupts, like in the recent student demos in London. Unemployment is on the rise. Fear spreads as spending cuts affect thousands. Fuel prices rocket. Growing food prices cause major financial stress. Isolation, growing loneliness – they all conspire to make ...

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