Religious Disclaimer. Folks this is a true story, but for the religiously challenged you may want to skip this one. Bancroft had joined the Baskervilles big time! That meant that he had to flow in to and become part of our particular brand of Christianity. Whilst it did not quite match the sacred reverence of his Prespeterian background, still, things at our church were taken seriously, even if it were not quite mainstream. One of the hardest things was declaring that allegiance, to a world that would respond with, what’s that Angles from God?, sorry? Assemblies of GOLD?, NO Assemblies of God you know – Jesus saves. No, sorry mate, never heard of it. So I was really surprised when Bancroft rolled up and said he was going to put a Jesus Saves sticker on his car. Wow, I thought that’s hanging it out there. For a new AOG convert, that takes a lot of courage to declare yourself so openly, in such a hostile religious world. So I stood there watching at the back of his car as he proceeded to carefully place his declaration to the world on the bumper bar. As he stood back with head tilted and arms folded, admiring his work it became clearer that a picture of a man in robes placing a coin in a piggy bank with the caption Jesus Saves was not quite the declaration I had in mind. Well, we both lived out the day without any lightning strikes from the heavens I guess HE must have a sense of humour too!
