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    Other Friends of Jesus: Challenging what you may have been told

    By John Henson

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    The writer questions the traditional list of the first disciple/apostles of Jesus. Then he provides pen portraits of an alternative list found in the gospels, including an unmasking of the Beloved Disciple. He also demonstrates Jesus' networking skills and his underestimated gift of organization.

    From the start there was not one Christian community, but several. Up to now history has been written by the surviving most successful. This book turns the verdict of history on its head. As Jesus taught, "The first shall be last, and the last shall be first." Like all John Henson's books this one will excite the enquirer and the open minded, and disturb the nests of fuddy-duddies, traditionalists and obscurantists. The work is the fourth in a series of books with 'Other' in the title.

    The previous three were 'Other Temptations of Jesus'; 'Other Communions of Jesus'; and 'Other Prayers of Jesus', all of which have alternative takes on important themes in the gospels. Thus 'Other Friends of Jesus' takes an alternative look at who were Jesus' closest companions and truest friends.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
    Release dateSep 28, 2018
    ISBN9781789010657
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    Other Friends of Jesus: Challenging what you may have been told
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    John Henson

    John Henson is a native of Cardiff and a son of the Manse. He graduated in history and theology at the universities of Southampton and Oxford (Regent's Park) respectively and was ordained to the Baptist ministry at Carmel Baptist Church, Pontypridd, Wales in 1964. He was responsible for a union between his own church and the United Reformed Church in 1969 (now St. David’s, Pontypridd) and has since given assistance to other churches seeking to make similar unions at the local level. He taught history in Cardiff High School from 1970 - 1973 and then resumed ministry at Glyncoch, Pontypridd in cooperation with the Anglican Communion. During this time he was also the organizer ('Admiral') in Wales for 'Pilots', the children's movement of the United Reformed Church, which included summer holiday camps. Since 1980 he has been largely freelance, acting as pastoral befriender to people in minority groups while continuing to assist in the conduct of worship in the churches. His interests include music, left-wing politics, penal reform, peace, the quest for truly contemporary and inclusive worship, and gender issues. A member of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement from its early years, for many years he assisted the movement as the contact person for the South Wales group and as a counsellor. For five years he was chairperson of 'ONE for Christian Renewal' which has now been succeeded by The Progressive Christian Network (UK) of which John continues to be an active member. John has lectured on faith and gender in Strasbourg and Oslo at the invitation of the European Union and the World Student Christian Federation. He has lectured in the U.K. at universities, ecumenical conferences and retreat centres, at Greenbelt, and at St. Michael's Anglican college Llandaf, Cardiff. He is also a member of the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptist Churches of the USA. John has been happily married to Valerie, his partner for fifty years. They have three adult children, Gareth, Iestyn and Rhôda, and nine grandchildren- Aidan, Bleddyn, Carys, Gwenllian, Dyfrig, Iona, Isobel, Tomos and Ffion-Medi.

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