Share Jesus International has announced plans for Pentecost Festival, a huge Christian event which will take place throughout major focal areas of London in 2008.
Over recent months, festival plans were discussed amongst more than 100 Christian leaders representing a full range of denominations, new church streams and organisations, culminating in four receptions which were held on HMS President on the River Thames at the end of January.
Rob Frost of SJI explains: "The call to launch this new project came after I felt God was saying 'Create something that I would like to come to!' That's what's driving this, a call to create a completely new style of event quite unlike anything on the Christian scene today ... and to do something which will put Pentecost back into the national calendar!
"The more we have explored this idea of an event given over completely to God, the more radical it has become! We felt that Jesus would want to be at the heart of things, where the politicians, artists and opinion formers of our age are to be found. That's why we're taking it to the heart of London!"
Pentecost Festival is intended to be multi-cultural, representing the richness and diversity of Christian expression across the world.
The team behind Easter People will be working on the festival, with hopes that different ethnic groups will bring their distinctive cultural contributions to the table.
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