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unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: that we be no longer children..." It is not connected with any 'Movement,' 'Organization,' 'Mission' or separate body of
Christians, but is just a ministry to "all saints." Its going forth is with the prayer and hope that it will so result in a fuller measure of Christ, a richer and higher level of spiritual life, that, while bringing the Church of God into a growing approximation to His revealed will as to its 'attainment,' the Church may be better qualified to be used of Him in testimony in the nations, and to the completing of its own number by the salvation of those yet to be added by the Lord.
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ministry". Mr Austin-Sparks believed that what was from God and of God would be taken care of by Him, he wrote: "God only takes responsibility to supply and to carry on that which is essentially heavenly, and in the measure in which a thing is heavenly, and only in that measure (but surely in that measure), God takes responsibility for it". He and his wife
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Christian Fellowship and Conference Centre was international in scope. Many who trained under his ministry became missionaries and Christian teachers, as shown in the notes of the A Witness and a Testimony magazines and in testimonies given. This enabled him to work closely
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Following a spiritual crisis in 1926, Mr Austin-Sparks resigned his
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Mr Austin-Sparks self-published many of his books from the fellowship center in Honor Oak, London. The name of their publication ministry was
Witness and Testimony Publishers. Theodore Austin-Sparks and the Witness and Testimony Publishers also published messages by other authors, many of whom were
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The object of the ministry of this little paper, issued bi-monthly, is to contribute to the Divine end which is presented in the words of
Ephesians 4:13 - "...till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge (literally - full knowledge) of the Son of God, unto a full-grown man,
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Theodore Austin-Sparks died April 13, 1971. Mr Austin-Sparks deliberately made no provision for the continuing of his magazine or ministry following his death. A colleague of his, Harry Foster, wrote: "Mr. Austin-Sparks had left word that there should be no automatic continuation of the magazine
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courses, practical services, and church meetings. There was a similar conference center maintained during the summers at
Heathfield House in Kilcreggan, Scotland which was owned by Honor Oak Christian Fellowship. A Trust was set up for the house in 1931. In 1960 Kilcreggan was gifted to the
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associated with Honor Oak or whom TAS knew personally. In particular, the first version of
Watchman Nee's "The Normal Christian Life" was published chapter by chapter in the A Witness and A Testimony magazine. The Publishers later also published the series as a book.
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with his father's relatives. There, at the age of 17, he determined to become a
Christian as he listened to a group of young street-preachers in Glasgow. Within a short time, he was also giving his public testimony alongside this group.
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