Literature
The conference speaking was preserved and widely circulated in the magazine, A Witness and a Testimony, which was published at the Centre. This was mailed out from the Centre six times a year. It was sent gratuitously on request and was supported by unsolicited gifts from its readers. It would in due course grow to a worldwide distribution of 3000+ and would continue in demand until the editor’s decease in 1971.
In 1927, the Witness and Testimony Publishers was formed at the Centre. The Publishers issued transcriptions of conference addresses and sermons, mostly by T. Austin-Sparks, but included also titles by some ten of his co-workers. From 1932 to 1965, printing was done on-site by Gordon Thompson (died in 2007) in the Centre's basement. Eventually a total of 140 titles in all were published, about one third being substantial books, many of which are still available. Like the magazine, the operations of The Witness & Testimony's book publishing also ceased with the Editor’s death in 1971.
Algernon J. Pollock wrote a critique of the Honor Oak Christian Fellowship. Copies available from the two Brethren archives: JRULM CBA and Edwin Cross' archive Chapter Two.
E. J. Poole-Conner as wrote a critique called "The Teaching and Influence of 'Honor Oak'" prefaced by Stephen F. Olford and Tom Rees.
Read more about this topic: Honor Oak Christian Fellowship Centre
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