- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Kingsway Publications (8 Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0854769110
- ISBN-13: 978-0854769117
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 262,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In 1985 Wallace and Mary Brown moved to a council estate in Birmingham, feeling that God had called them there for Wallace to become the vicar of the local church.
The scene facing them was bad. They had a church with few members, most of whom were aging. There was barbed wire all over the place and the "Quinton Mob", the local gang, used to hang out in the grounds. They faced attacks by drug-crazed knife-wielding men, and brick-throwing youths.
Wallace and Mary prayed that God would send down his Angels to guard the walls of the church, and overnight most of the trouble ceased. They went on to develop a ministry, with support from a team gathered in the most unlikely circumstances, which now serves two congregations in the parish, the entire Birmingham outer ring of council estates, and through CPAS, the entire country.
This book is an account of how God made all this possible - how with His help, Wallace and Mary turned the area from a spiritual vacuum to a lighthouse and beacon of hope.
I cannot commend it enough to you. It will encourage you if you're just starting out, will give you ideas if you're in an established church and is a good story to boot! You'll want to read it all in one sitting!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I was given this book to read five years ago and never got around to it. How I wish I had. Wallace and Mary's story is truly amazing. You can't help but be drawn into their lives. On the one hand we share their tragedies, trials and tribulations of persecution and vandalism of living and working in an inner city parish church and then we share in their triumphs when they trusted God and overcame everything that was thrown at them.
This book is certainly one to read. It is such an encouragement to see how lives can be turned around for the good when all about you seems lost.
This book is certainly one to read. It is such an encouragement to see how lives can be turned around for the good when all about you seems lost.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is a true story of what God can and is doing on our city estates. The author has captured the heart of estate life and God's purpose for those who work for Him in these area's. if you were to look around our country there are thousands of estates just like this and God is doing battle on them all, this book has given me a new hope for our estate and you will find it a breath of fresh air and a sure inspiration to all who read it.
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Informative
I found this book to be open, honest and very informative. I have met this couple and they are down to earth ordinary folk.
Published 11 months ago by dido
A good read
This is a book with a difference - well worth reading for those interested in church survival in gang land estates. This book was recommended to me and I was not disappointed. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Elizabeth
Their parish was the worst of the worst, but Jesus won!
The council estate was a rubbish dump, and the people had no hope - as if they were the refuse on a dump! They didn't care about themselves, each other or God. Read more
Published on 5 July 2001
A down to earth powerful challenge
I have just finished 'angels on the walls'and I simply want to say to you 'READ IT!' I have been so refreshed by the honest story of the struggles and blessings of Wallace and... Read more
Published on 25 May 2001 by chris@lightproject.org.uk
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