I have read a few books recently that I thought I might review. This one, Red Moon Rising was the most recent. It has been out for a while so perhaps most people who are interested in it will have read it already. I had heard of Pete Greig and the 24/7 prayer movement but not much more than that. However, I heard Pete speak at the Youthwork conference in November 2009 and I was quite blown away by something he said. So when I saw the book in the shop at the conference I thought I would give it a go.
I was not dissapointed. I enjoyed this book very much. Although he is the central chatector of the 24/7 story we are given a real sense that this is a story about something God has done and is still doing. Pete Greig does not try to put himself forward or make himself out to be more than someone God has used.
The stories are fantastic and inspiring and the feeling throughout is that these people are ordinary Christians with a desire to see God do something and being surprised when he does!
The whole 24/7 ethos play, pray and obey is illustrated so well in the story of 24/7 on Ibitha where young missionaries go to the island and show God's love to the clubbers by dancing with them, caring for them, healing them and loving them to such and extent that a documentary was made about them and journalists from the UK wrote articles about them. The impact of this movement is global and it is having an effect wherever it is. A great book highly reccomended.