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New Wine
New Wine is a not-for-profit Christian charismatic evangelical organisation based in England, United Kingdom. It equips Christian churches and leaders in spiritual renewal, worship and church planting. Overview The purpose of New Wine is "local churches changing nations". New Wine operates in England and multiple other nations worldwide. Rev Rich Johnson is the National Leader. Bishop Jill Duff is the Chair of Trustees. The organisation is based at 4a Ridley Avenue, London W13. History New Wine was set up by the former Bishop of the then-diocese of Chile, Bolivia and Peru, David Pytches, in 1989. Pytches was heavily influenced by the founder of the Vineyard Church, John Wimber, who had held a number of conferences through the 1980s, leading to increased interest in the charismatic movement in the United Kingdom. Summer conferences The first New Wine Christian Conference was held in 1989 at the Royal Bath and West Showground, Somerset and attracted nearly 2,500 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Pytches
George Edward David Pytches (9 January 1931 – 21 November 2023) was an English bishop of the Anglican Communion. He served as the Bishop of Chile, Bolivia and Peru. Pytches was also vicar of St Andrew's, in Chorleywood, England. He was the author of many books, including '' Come Holy Spirit'' and his autobiography, ''Living at the Edge''. He was the founder of the New Wine conferences with his wife Mary, who is also an author in the field of Christian counselling. Pytches was consecrated a bishop on 20 December 1970, by Kenneth Walter Howell, Bishop of Chile, Bolivia and Peru, in St Paul's Church, Valparaíso, to serve as assistant bishop for the Valparaíso region in the Diocese of Chile, Bolivia and Peru; in 1972 he became diocesan bishop of that diocese, serving until his return to England in 1977. Until 1996 he was Vicar of St Andrew's, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, where he later lived in retirement by 2012. Pytches supported the Soul Survivor movement in England dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Survivor (charity)
Soul Survivor is a Christian movement, based in Watford, Hertfordshire, part of the charismatic evangelical tradition. From 1993 until 2019, it ran Christian summer festivals aimed at young people, as well as other events throughout the year. It is also the name of a church, centred on weekly worship services at its warehouses in Watford. Festivals Soul Survivor was used as the branding of annual festivals, well known in British evangelical churches. The organisation was registered at Companies House in the UK, on 12 May 2000, and with the Charity Commission on 12 May 2011. At their height, the festivals attracted 30,000 people annually, and in the financial year ending December 2019 during which the final festival took place, the charity had an income of almost . History Beginnings By 1993, the number of young people attending the annual New Wine charismatic evangelical Christian family conference every summer at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Somerset was sufficien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Conferences
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title (), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' () (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.3 billion Christians around the world, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Americas, about 26% live in Europe, 24% live in sub-Saharan Africa, ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islands by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel. It is the second-largest city in Ireland (after Dublin), with an estimated population of in , and a Belfast metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of 671,559. First chartered as an English settlement in 1613, the town's early growth was driven by an influx of Scottish people, Scottish Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterians. Their descendants' disaffection with Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy, Anglican establishment contributed to the Irish Rebellion of 1798, rebellion of 1798, and to the Acts of Union 1800, union with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain in 1800—later regarded as a key to the town's industrial transformation. When granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Yun
Liu Zhenying (; born 1 January 1958), known as Brother Yun (, literally "Brother Cloud"), is an exiled Chinese Christian house church leader, evangelist, and proponent of the Back To Jerusalem movement. Brother Yun was involved in the Christian house church networks in China during the 1980s and 90s. Accounts about his life and ministry are to be found in his autobiography, ''The Heavenly Man''. Life in China Brother Yun's book tells both of great persecution, and a surprising series of miracles of deliverance very similar (though often even more 'extreme') to those found in the Bible. Despite a life of poverty in China, he since has spoken to thousands internationally with the Gospel message. Seen as a rebel among some Chinese for not joining the government-controlled Christian organization, he was imprisoned and tortured by the government authorities. His book reports that he became a highly wanted man across several provinces. He was finally arrested and sentenced to many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Costa
Kenneth Johann Costa, commonly known as Ken Costa, (born 31 October 1949) is a London-based South African banker and Christian philanthropist. He served as the Chairman of Lazard from 2007 to 2011. Early life Ken Costa was born in South Africa on 31 October 1949.Liam VaughanKen Costa Quits Lazard ''The Wall Street Journal'', March 30, 2011 His family were farmers of Lebanese descent. Michael SkapinkerLunch with the FT: Ken Costa ''Financial Times'', February 1, 2008 He was educated at a boarding school in Pretoria. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand, where he received a bachelor's degree in Law and Philosophy in 1972.Ken Costa '' |
Francis Chan
Francis Chan ( zh, 陳恩藩; born August 31, 1967) is an American Protestant author, teacher, and preacher. He is the former teaching pastor of the nondenominational Cornerstone Community Church, an Evangelical church in Simi Valley, California founded by Chan in 1994. He also founded Eternity Bible College in 2004, and served as its early chancellor until 2010. Chan has been a board member of several Christian and social justice organizations, including Children's Hunger Fund and Gospel for Asia. He has authored and co-authored numerous books including '' Crazy Love'', a New York Times bestseller. Chan has also served as an ambassador for Care for Children. Biography Early life and education Chan was born in San Francisco to immigrants Pak-sum Chan ��柏森 a former minister at the Leighton Road Baptist Church in Hong Kong, and Wan-bing Mui ��韻冰 a “Bible woman of the Hong Kong Baptist Church, Caine Road.” He was their third child; his mother died during his ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Johnson (pastor)
Bill Bryant Johnson (born July 18, 1951) is the senior leader of Bethel Church, a charismatic megachurch in Redding, California. The congregation has grown in membership from 2,000 when he joined in 1996, to over 11,000 in 2019. Johnson has taken public conservative positions on same-sex marriage, abortion, open borders, and many other topics. He is an author, functions as an itinerant speaker and has been featured in various media. Biography Johnson is a fifth-generation pastor and has held the position of senior leader at Bethel Church since 1996. He is known for leading a church and Christian movement with a large focus on miracles and the Holy Spirit. According to ''Christianity Today'', Johnson has "considerable influence among charismatic Christians all over the world". Johnson joined Bethel with a stipulation that the message would always be about revival, with an emphasis on God's supernatural presence. The church lost a thousand members over his vision. However, unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Baker
Heidi Gayle Baker (born August 29, 1959) is a Christian missionary, itinerant speaker, and the CEO of Iris Global, a Christian humanitarian organization. She is the author of several books on Christian spirituality. Early life Heidi Gayle Farrell was born to James Moies Farrell and Glenetta Betty Farrell, née Schacht (1930–2015), an English teacher. She grew up in Southern California, becoming a Christian after hearing a Navajo preacher's message while volunteering on a Choctaw reservation. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from Vanguard University, and a PhD in systematic theology from King's College London (1995). Career She met Rolland Baker, the grandson of missionary H. A. Baker, in 1979. They married six months later in 1980; they left for the mission field two weeks after that.''Compelled by Love: How to change the world through the simple power of love in action'' by Heidi Baker and Shara Pradhan They were ordained as ministers in 1985.''Miracles in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Pullinger
Jacqueline Bryony Lucy ‘Jackie’ Pullinger, MBE (born 1944) is a British Protestant Christian charismatic missionary to Hong Kong and founder of the St Stephen's Society. She has been ministering in Hong Kong since 1966. The early years of her Hong Kong ministry are chronicled in the book ''Chasing the Dragon'' (1980). History Pullinger graduated from the Royal College of Music in London having specialized in the oboe. At the age of 22 she wanted to be a missionary, so she wrote to various missionary organizations. Unable to find support from missionary organizations, she then sought advice from Richard Thomson, a minister. At first she wanted to go to Africa, but then she had a dream that impressed upon her the idea of going to Hong Kong. She followed the vicar's advice and went to Hong Kong by boat in 1966. However, when she arrived she knew no one there and had only $10 on hand. The only reason the immigration officers allowed her in was because her mother's godson was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baroness Caroline Cox
Caroline Anne Cox, Baroness Cox, (born Caroline Anne McNeill Love; born 6 July 1937) is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords. She is also the founder of an organisation called Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART). Cox was created a Life Peer in 1982 and was a deputy speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005, as well as being a minister in government. She was also a Baroness-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II. She was Founder Chancellor of Bournemouth University, Chancellor of Liverpool Hope University from 2006 to 2013, and is an Hon. Vice President of the Royal College of Nursing. She was a founder Trustee of MERLIN Medical Emergency Relief International. She is a recipient of the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. She is a prominent lay Anglican, closely identified with the Church of England. According to a biography by Andrew Boyd, she is a practising third-order Anglican Franciscan. Background Cox was born on 6 July 1937 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
