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Editorial Introduction
by Major
Stephen Court
JAC150 FROM HERE...
Welcome to the milestone JAC150 - the
150th edition of Journal of Aggressive Christianity.
The rules for JAC150, as outlined in
the invitation sent out into the salvosphere, were to complete
the thought that begins 'From here...' in 400 words. As
normal, the parameters are provocative, orthodox, edifying.
Respondents took very different,
creative approaches to this challenge, and we are all the
better for it.
All of the entries are called 'From here...'
Captain Christine Tursi, Corps Officer,
Hanover, Germany, reads 'From Here...' as the start of an
answer to a question and goes on to riff on incarnation and
mission.
Captain Nana Fatouma Togo is Secretary
for Women's Ministries in Mali and Burkina Faso Region, and
she uses the phrase to lead off a declaration of faith
commitment.
Major Terry Shaffer, Territorial
Pastoral Care Officer-New Jersey Division, uses 'From Here...'
as a refrain of appreciation for
the movement's past and advocacy for its potential future.
Colonel Ian Barr, theologian, in
'Love And Home', plainly gives his take from the perspective
of his corps in the United Kingdom.
Commissioner Joe Noland, entrepreneur
and author, spins off the eponymous 1953 classic film ('... To
Eternity').
Commissioner Jim Knaggs, apostle,
leverages 'From Here...' into an exhortation toward the
possibilities that change could create for us as a movement to
accomplish mission.
Major Don Grad, advancing the great
commission in the Prairies, offers 'From Here...To Spiritual
Warfare' as a potential corrective to organisational trends.
Your JAC editor does a little phrase
study, digging around for gems.
And, wrapping it JAC150 up, Colonel
Richard Munn, current SA Connects contributor, answers the
challenge with, 'From Here... We Can See The End Of The
World', dipping into his bag for a Greek phrase, a New Yorker
Magazine cover, and three Bible texts to craft a great
commission salutation.
JAC started in the last century, and
JAC150 is a celebration of a quarter century in free online
publication.
Hallelujah. JAC
is published every two months (hat tip Major Don Grad, who
arranges the publishing and manages the archives).
We're grateful to the contributors over the past 150
editions - this issue from Germany, Mali, USA East, USA West,
UKI, and Canada.
And we're grateful for the readers through this century, who
come from cities and countries dotting the globe.
Hallelujah.
May God bless each of you, and may
JAC150 spur us all on to love and good deeds, accelerating the
advance of the great commission so that God's dream that none
perish but all come to repentance is realised.
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