Ministries Without Borders
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Ministries Without Borders (MWB) is an Evangelical
neocharismatic Apostolic network of nearly 50 Christian
churches, that forms part of the British New Church Movement. It is led by Keri Jones, brother of the late Bryn Jones.
) which had taken a different stance on a number of key issues. MWB draws much from the legacy of Covenant Ministries, and the leadership of Arthur Wallis
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MWB recently planted churches in the UK cities of Salford, Preston and Oldham; there are 18 other churches in the UK, mainly in the North-West, the Midlands and Wales. There are also three churches in the US and three in Canada; fifteen in Norway; five in South Africa, and two each in the Philippines and India.
In July 2006, Keri Jones launched "Mission 193," in which members of the movement visited every nation of the world to pray and give copies of the Bible to representatives of that country.
There is an annual Bible conference for its UK-based churches which has been in Stafford since 2004. They are similar in style to the Downs Bible Weeks run in the 1980s and feature ministry from a host of international speakers.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
neocharismatic Apostolic network of nearly 50 Christian
Christian
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churches, that forms part of the British New Church Movement. It is led by Keri Jones, brother of the late Bryn Jones.
History
Keri originally worked with his brother in Covenant Ministries, which after Bryn's death devolved into five major components, of which MWB is one. According to the analysis of Andrew Walker, "a renowned and prominent commentator on neo-Pentecostalism in Britain," Keri and Bryn led the more conservative and radical group of the restorationist movement of the 70s and 80s, which Walker called R1. This was to distinguish it from another similar group based in the South (led by, for example Gerald CoatesGerald Coates
Gerald Coates is the founder of Pioneer, a Christian community established to "develop new churches across the UK and engage in mission globally." The Pioneer network is a neocharismatic group of evangelical churches. It is part of the British New Church Movement and can also be described as...
) which had taken a different stance on a number of key issues. MWB draws much from the legacy of Covenant Ministries, and the leadership of Arthur Wallis
Arthur Wallis (Bible teacher)
Arthur Wallis : itinerant Bible teacher and author. Through his teaching and writing, most notably his book The Radical Christian , Wallis gained the reputation of ‘architect’ of that expression of UK evangelicalism initially dubbed ‘the house church movement’, more recently labeled British New...
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Today
The official description of MWB is:MWB recently planted churches in the UK cities of Salford, Preston and Oldham; there are 18 other churches in the UK, mainly in the North-West, the Midlands and Wales. There are also three churches in the US and three in Canada; fifteen in Norway; five in South Africa, and two each in the Philippines and India.
In July 2006, Keri Jones launched "Mission 193," in which members of the movement visited every nation of the world to pray and give copies of the Bible to representatives of that country.
There is an annual Bible conference for its UK-based churches which has been in Stafford since 2004. They are similar in style to the Downs Bible Weeks run in the 1980s and feature ministry from a host of international speakers.