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Date Posted: 9/03/09 8:18:57pm
Author: Peter Eveleigh
Subject: the JA like others to take part in their stuff, less so the other way round
In reply to: Tom 's message, "People come, people go." on 9/03/09 6:47:14pm

>I'm not involved enough to comment on the grass roots
>contact but in my time I was aware of lots of leader
>to leader contact. At events such as Men's Day and the
>main Marquee Festivals there are always members of
>other churches there who seem to enjoy what is going
>on. Typically they don't leave donning a JA jacket but
>[as their stage testimonies typically say] they go
>back to their church with vision and renewed passion.
>
>Listening to John Wimber at a JA Wembley Conference a
>number of years ago I must admit I felt the same.
>We've all got much to learn from each other :)

Without having had much to do with it, your examples of leader-to-leader contact illustrate my point well, which is that the JA are keen on others joining them for stuff, but I don't hear of them joining events organised by others. Where others join them, they are very keen to publish the endorsement this brings with it. But what is to be gained for the JA by taking part in anything they don't control?

On an informal level, I doubt if individual members of the JA are encouraged to attend Greenbelt, Spring Harvest, etc ....indeed, I bet that anyone who expresses an intention to do so is actively discouraged from it.

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Replies:

It's all the same God. -- Tom, 9/03/09 8:38:35pm
- Re: It's all the same God. -- Peter Eveleigh, 9/03/09 8:47:28pm
  - Free to choose -- Tom, 9/03/09 8:54:20pm
    - Re: Free to choose -- Peter Eveleigh, 9/03/09 9:32:20pm
      - Weekend working -- Tom, 9/03/09 10:14:47pm
        Sunday a day of rest -- Peter Eveleigh, 9/03/09 11:19:17pm
        Re: Sunday a day of rest -- Tom, 9/03/09 11:46:32pm
        Re: Sunday a day of rest -- Peter Eveleigh, 10/03/09 7:32:03pm

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> >>I'm not involved enough to comment on the grass roots >>contact but in my time I was aware of lots of leader >>to leader contact. At events such as Men's Day and the >>main Marquee Festivals there are always members of >>other churches there who seem to enjoy what is going >>on. Typically they don't leave donning a JA jacket but >>[as their stage testimonies typically say] they go >>back to their church with vision and renewed passion. >> >>Listening to John Wimber at a JA Wembley Conference a >>number of years ago I must admit I felt the same. >>We've all got much to learn from each other :) > >Without having had much to do with it, your examples >of leader-to-leader contact illustrate my point well, >which is that the JA are keen on others joining them >for stuff, but I don't hear of them joining events >organised by others. Where others join them, they are >very keen to publish the endorsement this brings with >it. But what is to be gained for the JA by taking part >in anything they don't control? > >On an informal level, I doubt if individual members of >the JA are encouraged to attend Greenbelt, Spring >Harvest, etc ....indeed, I bet that anyone who >expresses an intention to do so is actively >discouraged from it.
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