Any movement which has benefited society in the long haul has at its core a group of people committed to a cause that they consider greater than themselves and to one another as friends.
James McGregor Burns
via Sam Metcalf with some provocative questions.
From OnMovements: The Clapham Sect—A Company of Friends
An excellent post on the Clapham Sect, an evangelical movement led by William Wilberforce.
One of the sources they reference is also available: William Wilberforce and His Circle of Friends by Richard L. Gathro.
According to Gathro here’s what characterized this group of friends who changed the world:
They shared a [...]
Every real friendship is a sort of secession, even a rebellion . . . In each knot of Friends there is a sectional “public opinion” which fortifies its members against the public opinion of the community in general. Each therefore is a pocket of potential resistance.
CS Lewis, The Four Loves
Enjoyed this post from [...]
This just came in from Grant Morrison via email. An experienced Alpha practitioner…
We have been running Alpha for over 5 years. We run at least 2 courses a year. I have found it to be a great reaping tool. Here’s what we’re learning:
Don’t fill the course with Christians, make sure you keep the ratio of [...]
I’ve just listened to an interview with Jonathan Aitken, disgraced former British MP and government minister jailed for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Aitken came to faith after friends encouraged him to do the Alpha course.
The interview is worth listening to if you don’t mind the 22meg download.
I keep hearing stories of people coming [...]
My father’s boyhood hero was his cousin, Jim Spence. Jim grew up in the Australian outback. Just before the outbreak of World War II Jim and a six of his mates lied about their ages and joined the Australian Lighthorse Brigade. Jim was sixteen.
War broke out and the boys found themselves fighting in North Africa. [...]
Pre-existing relationships are the key to any exponential growth of a movement.
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