- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Paternoster Press (1 Mar 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1842274090
- ISBN-13: 978-1842274095
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 14.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Apostolic networks link congregations together through personal relationships. They center around apostolic figures who have the ability to mobilize resources, make rapid decisions, and utilize charismatic gifts. Networks of churches organized in this way can respond to postmodernity and cultural innovation. This book takes the story of the emergence of apostolic networks in Britain from the visionary work of Arthur Wallis through the charismatic renewal into the full-fledged Restoration Movement of the 1980s. It covers the events of the 1990s, including the Toronto Blessing, and contains fresh information based upon interviews with leading players and new survey data as well as reanalysis of historical documents.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
William Kay went to great lengths in his research & appraisal of more than 40 years of major upheaval in the charismatic branch of the Evangelical Church in the UK. They were years of reshaping which were not without considerable pain & a great deal of criticism & misunderstanding. The results have effected & advanced the whole of the Church scenario in Britain & across the world.
This book will be especially appreciated by many who lived through the second half of the 20th century, & were involved in this major move of the Holy Spirit. William Kay wrote with integrity & compassion.
This book will be especially appreciated by many who lived through the second half of the 20th century, & were involved in this major move of the Holy Spirit. William Kay wrote with integrity & compassion.
I read this not as a student but as part of clarifying my thoughts about where the UK church is heading. I found it very helpful. It is comprehensive and well researched but still manages to be easily readable.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Apostolic networks link congregations together through personal relationships. They centre around apostolic figures who have the ability to mobilise resources, make rapid decisions and utilise charismatic gifts. Networks of churches organised in this way can respond to post-modernity and cultural innovation. This book takes the story of the emergence of apostolic networks in Britain from the visionary work of Arthur Wallis through the charismatic renewal into the full-fledged Restoration Movement of the 1980s. It covers the events of the 1990s, including the Toronto Blessing, and contains fresh information based upon interviews with leading players and new survey data as well as re-analysis of historical documents.
`This is the real McCoy -- Kay comprehensively covers the new church networks in a way no one has done before.'
Professor Andrew Walker, Kings College, London and author of Restoring the Kingdom
`The contemporary guide to a crucial area of religious enterprise at a time of overall religious decline.'
Professor David Martin, London School of Economics
`Kay's thorough survey of apostolic networks -- surely one of the most significant developments of church life in the UK in the last thirty years -- is full of insight and provocative questions for those inside and outside these networks. A very stimulating contribution indeed!'
Steve Thomas, Leader, European Apostolic Team, Salt & Light Ministries
`An objective book documenting the reshaping of church life in the UK over the last thirty five years. It is thoroughly researched, sensitively written and
comments positively on future possibilities for movement forward.'
Stuart Bell, Leader of the Ground Level Network
William K. Kay is the first Director of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor, and is editor of the Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. He has published extensively in the field of practical theology.
`This is the real McCoy -- Kay comprehensively covers the new church networks in a way no one has done before.'
Professor Andrew Walker, Kings College, London and author of Restoring the Kingdom
`The contemporary guide to a crucial area of religious enterprise at a time of overall religious decline.'
Professor David Martin, London School of Economics
`Kay's thorough survey of apostolic networks -- surely one of the most significant developments of church life in the UK in the last thirty years -- is full of insight and provocative questions for those inside and outside these networks. A very stimulating contribution indeed!'
Steve Thomas, Leader, European Apostolic Team, Salt & Light Ministries
`An objective book documenting the reshaping of church life in the UK over the last thirty five years. It is thoroughly researched, sensitively written and
comments positively on future possibilities for movement forward.'
Stuart Bell, Leader of the Ground Level Network
William K. Kay is the first Director of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor, and is editor of the Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. He has published extensively in the field of practical theology.
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