Meet Adam Harbinson

Faith4Life combines a heart for mission, a passion for the poor and a radical approach to scripture. Adam explains; "The word 'radical' means to get back to the root. It does not mean 'off the wall', nor does it necessarily mean revolutionary, although when you consider the state of the church, you'd have to be pretty revlutionary to get back to how it should be.

Tony Campolo once said, 'There are many good people in the church working flat out to make Jesus real to people', but it can also be a respectable, middle-class organisation, concerned more with maintaining the status quo than with actually doing something to make a difference.

"My favourite example of this," says Adam, "was when a young minister was addressing an Anglican congregation in rural Ireland. Passionately he cried out, 'Thirty-thousand children under the age of five die every day from easily treatable conditions, and religion doesn't give a shit!' Sharp intakes of breath all around. His hearers were shocked, and then he added, 'Why is it that you are more upset at my use of a four-letter word than at the deaths of 30,000 children every day?' - that's over a thousand during an average church service".

"Having said all that", adds Adam, "we're not interested in being controversial for the sake of being controversial. We simply want people to be well informed so they can make right choices and pray wisely."

Adam is married with a total of seven children and two grandsons. He is married to Pauline and they live in Bangor, County Down in Ireland. His third book; 'The Savage Shepherds - one man's story of overcoming spiritual abuse', has recently been published by Authentic. It's his story of Spiritual Abuse while part of a church that grew out of the shepherding movement, now part of the Salt & Light network.

Savage Shepherds has endorsements from Bono, J John, Phil Baker, Ken Blue and Tony Campolo. Read an extract now...

 

Our Statement of Beliefs and Mission As we seek to function as part of the Christian media internationally, we are committed to upholding and promoting the truth of the gospel of grace and Christian values, to being a voice for the voiceless, speaking out on behalf of the poor, the sick and the persecuted. We believe it is the responsibility of the Christian Church to engage fully in society and by practical action, to demonstrate the love of Jesus for all people. We believe that the Christian Church must be tolerant, loving and forgiving, but that it must not compromise the truth of Scripture in matters relating to morality and social action. We believe it is the Christian's responsibility to be salt and light in the world by being in the world but not of the world. By informing the Church worldwide, we seek to inspire and motivate to action in accordance with 1 John 3 v 17; "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?"