Chav Christianity: Exploring What It Looks Like to Be a Working-Class Christian by Darren Edwards

Author:Darren Edwards
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Christian
ISBN: 9781910053942
Published: 2013-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Before heading off to bible college I used to work for a Christian charity in Northampton, called Spencer Contact. Every Thursday we would have a prayer meeting for one hour. As I began to draw closer to God, and as he showed himself to me on a more personal level, I found myself calling out to him for a deeper love for people. On one occasion in our Thursday prayer meeting, I asked God with every ounce of sincerity to “show me the way that you feel about people, and give me a taste of the love that you have for your people.” After all if I was going to win people for Jesus, I needed to know how Jesus felt about them so that I could speak from truth and experience, rather than blind faith. The following Monday my wife and I were shopping in Morrison's when, as I was walking up the isle, a man stood in front of me looking at some groceries. A rush of emotions hit me as I began to feel God's love for this man, and I began to cry as God told me that this man may not make it into heaven and eternal life. My wife, in shock and horror, quickly reminded me that we were shopping and that it isn't good for men to cry in public. The same thing happened again in the next isle and I had to keep my head down for the whole time that we were shopping. The following night we were eating dinner with the children, when I saw an NHS advert on the TV. It is worth noting now that I am very keen on food – I love to eat!! This advert featured a painter-decorator who was painting on some scaffolding, and as he stepped back to look at his work, he fell over and smashed into a million pieces, like glass, on the floor. At this sight, I felt the same emotions as I did when shopping and had to stop eating my food and hold back the tears. This intensely spiritual experience of love lasted nearly two weeks as I lost a little weight and became frustrated with every Christian that I knew because they were letting their friends, family, neighbours, colleagues, and the world be lost to the enemy. As I learned to control these intense emotions I sat in the presence of my colleagues, and my elder, and asked God for a double helping! Needless to say that my elder quickly stepped in and insisted that I couldn't handle that sort of pain, and urged me to reconsider my prayer. This experience was so real, not just to me but to all of the people that I lived and worked with for those two weeks too.

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