Tales from the Cottage

   Chris Welch

Not just a book , a cleft in history

It's difficult to prise this book apart from Acts and the New Testament . Sometimes we need something coming in at a bit of a tangent to wake us up. This isn't a normal review because I am biased . Jack contacted me when he first brought it out . He died 2014 and back then there were about 10 different download sites that came up on Google after he had left it as a free legacy . These people DIDN'T read the book ....but kind of got it . Catholics cheat because all their priests are celibate , so if they get into revival , they form an instant elder community as they did at Ann Arbor Michigan New Covenant community . Graham Pulkingham a middle class rector realised around 1960 that he really did not have the " stuff " for deep inner city Houston needs . He cried on his crypt floor for about 3 months . He was baptised in the Spirit and a community formed round him . In Britain a Pentecostal pastor felt led to get out a chainsaw to his wooden pulpit and South Chard became a co eldership ....and that's what 1 John 1 is on about and what Corinthian Elders is on about . Don Francisco did a song called the Sunday Chainsaw Massacree. These people never read the 2009 book , but it's heralding a non pyramid world , where people come to collective decisions , but each has his or her ministry . In such settings where we aren't trying to maintain 10 church buildings up one high street ....Jack begins his book picturing what the release of funds would achieve . The Bible looks nothing like what humans have made churches into . The book is a wake-up call .
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   rbruce1314

Good solid teaching for a beleaguered church. Nothing controversial and all scripture based - but I'm sure it will still upset some church leaders!! - here in the UK most of it is taken for granted already in the 'renewed' churches.
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   Sybil

This book will enrich your spiritual walk with Christ and give you more insight about the Church, pastors, leaders, and elders according to the word of God.
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