Modern Jesus Army blog

Wake up call

Amy — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:58:29 +0000

20-YEAR-OLD Lil Campbell is setting out on the adventure of her lifetime. But first it took a brush with death to jolt her into reality. Saturday night. Drinks and drugs freely passed around. Lil Campbell, then 16, was at a house party in Northampton. Lil took a walk to get away from the pounding music. Going into [...]

New E-Streetpaper…

Amy — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:17:08 +0000

This month’s Jesus Army E-Streetpaper is available – sign up to receive a monthly e-mail with stories from the Jesus Army’s Streetpaper here.

Track of the month!

Amy — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:39:05 +0000

EACH month, we release a different Jesus Army track on our website. This month’s offering is a remix of a song introduced to us at the first RAW event in 2007, called “The Real Jesus”. Here are the lyrics: I want to break the stained glass window, see through the stereotypes. I want to push past all [...]

Success in Sheffield

Amy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:27:16 +0000

THE SHEFFIELD Jesus Centre were treated to an amazing set of statistics about their first 12 weeks of operating: 188 different people have come to the Centre’s activities (including art groups, a drop-in for the homeless and a café). They have 25 visitors per day and the number is increasing, as are the services they’re running. They [...]

‘Smelly worship’

Amy — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:30:01 +0000

WHAT MAKES mJa member Chris Hunt boil with rage… I felt sick the other day. Unfortunately, I felt sick when we were meant to be worshipping – and it was the “worship” that made me sick. I found myself feeling “performed at” and it sickened me. I don’t necessarily mean that the worship leading was disingenuous or [...]

Celebrity shoplifters

Amy — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:05:42 +0000

WHAT do American actress Winona Ryder, celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson and footballer Steven Gerrard have in common? As well as being famous people, they have all been caught shoplifting at one time, Antony Worrall Thompson most recently. What makes rich and famous people steal items that they can easily afford? It’s a mystery. Did you [...]

Olympic heroes

Amy — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:47:48 +0000

2012 IS THE year of the Olympic flame in the UK. Amazing spectacle. World records will be smashed. Olympic heroes – men and women – will emerge victorious. The greatest hero of them all is Jesus Christ, who won the victory over death itself. This year the Jesus Army will carry the flame of the good [...]

Millions view viral video

Amy — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:56:59 +0000

WHEN JEFFERSON Bethke, 22, posted his “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” video on YouTube, he made a bet with his roommates about how many views the video would get by morning. The highest bet was 6,000. By the time Bethke woke up the next day, the video had more than 100,000 views. Eight days [...]

Lost generation?

James — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:28:39 +0000

IT WAS A dramatic moment at a recent Jesus Army event. The dancers’ t-shirts had big question marks on them. A poem scrolled behind them on a huge screen, and voices were heard, saying “We are a lost generation. And we refuse to believe that we can change the world.” Hands over ears, the hopelessness [...]

Sick of sex

Amy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:09:17 +0000

A NEW FILM came out this year called Shame, by director Steve McQueen. It focuses on sex addiction and why people seek multiple sexual partners without being able to settle down in a faithful relationship. One man, featured in a documentary recently, had slept with over 300 women. He was seeking treatment for his out-of-control behaviour. Sex [...]