Charisma and Organization

Evangelicals are often criticized for the multiplication among them of both separate denominational groups and parachurch bodies. The Open Brethren were, in the words of one description, ‘evangelicals of the evangelicals’. But they largely avoided splitting into denominational groups by developing a strong doctrine of the autonomy of the local church and denying that the […]

I Thanked the Lord and Asked For More

George Müller’s Life and Work by Neil Summerton Müller is famous for his faith in God’s provision for orphans, but there was so much more to Müller than this. He pastored Bethesda Chapel in Bristol, sponsored home and foreign mission through his Scripture Knowledge Institution, supported schools in Bristol and throughout Britain and elsewhere, embarked […]