The churches in this book reflect a wide and diverse range of denominations and sects that form what is often referred to as the 'charismatic evangelical movement'. Materially and architecturally the buildings display an almost protestant asceticism quite in keeping with a spiritualist church movement reacting against secular material rationalism and consumerism. The buildings were never designed to be churches and this random collection of architectural structures has come about as the result of numerous acts of faith. Often temporary, semi-permanent or un-consecrated, they are sometimes anonymous and almost invisible. They are located where we would least expect to find them, in industrial estates, shopping parades, houses, garages, cinemas, above pubs and commercial properties.
