Paul Harcourt, who is also the vicar at All Saints Woodford Wells, said, “In the last few weeks we’ve had people coming into our church who have had no real contact with the church for years before, woke up in the morning and felt ‘I just need to go to church’. And then they come in and the presence of God is so tangible in the service that they’re struck by something. They come forward at the end of the service and we lead them to faith.

“We baptised three people on Sunday night, it was only their first time in church two weeks ago”.

“One of the reasons I think we may be on the edge of a new move of the Holy Spirit is I hear that in many contexts up and down England”

Harcourt said that any future move of the Spirit would look different to what happened in past history because, “God rarely shows up in the same way [as before]”

He added that the popularity of recent prayer movements including 24/7 Prayer and Thy Kingdom Come could mean revival is around the corner.

“History teaches me that whenever there has been a mass move of prayer, there often comes a revival after that.

“So I believe we may be beginning to see something that looks like the turning of the tide”

Paul Harcourt was speaking ahead of New Wine’s summer festivals, which are currently being held in Peterborough

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Kanye West has been running weekly meetings that are similar to services, although most of the focus is on the music and community.

He has invited David Letterman, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, among other celebrities. 

Him and his wife Kim Kardashian have also invited Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr, from Miami Vous church who conducted their wedding ceremony, to preach. 

On the Apple Music podcast ‘Queen Radio’, the rapper Nicki Minaj and friend of the couple spoke about faith in the music industry, saying: “Sometimes in the music business, we think that other artists don’t believe in God or aren’t spiritual as we are and stuff like that. So we automatically go to the normal, ‘Oh, what up?’ Then when you find people, because I was just with Kanye, and he told me he’s a born-again Christian now,” she said.

Minaj, whose mother is a gospel singer, said Kanye found God after being hospitalised and diagnosed with bipolar disease in 2016.

“Like, my first instinct was, ‘I’m so proud of you,’ because I could see there’s a peace that he has now that just surpasses everything,” she said in an episode of the podcast that was released on 26th July. 

“And that’s what I find God gives you, and I love when I see men that are man enough to embrace God.”

Minaj was speaking to Chance the Rapper, who refers to Jesus in many of his songs and who took a break from his music last…

Freddie O’Neil, is serving a ten year sentence for rape and is currently an inmate at the John Howard Centre in London.

After being transferred to the psychiatric centre in 2018, Mr O’Neil filed a complaint about the lack of Christian services available to inmates.

Mr O’Neil claimed his numerous requests were not taken seriously by the NHS Trust which runs the centre, after which he sought legal action with the Christian Legal Centre (CLC).

A pre-action letter was sent to the East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) stating that, as a Christian, the patient needed to attend Sunday Christian services each week and receive Holy Communion.

CLC had been informed that no such service was available, which was in contrast to the Friday prayers being organised for Muslim inpatients each week.

In refusing the patient these services, CLC claimed the John Howard Centre was not only discriminating against Christian patients on the grounds of religion, but also breaching a number of its legal obligations including the right to freely exercise their religious faith through worship and observance.

Following a year-long legal battle, O’Neil said he knew he needed to take a stand, not only for his own spiritual needs but for those of his fellow inmates saying: “I am a damaged person, a convicted criminal, but the only true redemption I have found in my life is hope in Jesus Christ. I…

80 year old Roger Ladbury, embezzled £96,000 whilst overseeing the accounts of Britford Church and the Chalke Valley Team Council during 2008 and 2017.

Following an investigation launched by Wiltshire Police and the Diocese two years ago, Mr Ladbury has confessed to the wrongful actions and has been issued with a police caution.

Under the conditions that he repay all of money he took, write a letter of apology to church members and hear the reports of victims to his crime, Mr Ladbury will not receive a prison sentence.

Revd Catherine Blundell, rector of the Chalke Valley Churches, said that while a Conditional Caution is unusual in a situation like this, under legal guidance and after much prayer, it had been accepted.

She said: “A conditional caution allows Roger to face the consequences of his actions, but avoids a lengthy court case or a possible prison sentence for an elderly man. This, we feel, allows us to demonstrate clear Christian values in the resolution of this matter.”

She went on to say: “Now that the money has been repaid and Roger has confessed and apologised, we hope that as Churches we can move on from this.
“We do not want this one act to define us because as Churches we reach out into the communities we serve with generosity and love”

The Diocese of Salisbury has reassured people who give to the churches involved that they have ‘thoroughly…