Could faith go viral again? Malcolm Gladwell’s new book has the answer

One of the world’s leading non-fiction writers doesn’t write much about his own Christian faith. And yet when you apply Malcolm Gladwell’s Revenge of the Tipping Point to the Church’s evangelism the implications are exciting, says Martin Saunders  

How did they gather so many boats?

The Dunkirk evacuation is one of the most remarkable moments in Britain’s long and eventful military history. In the Allies’ so-called ‘darkest hour’, as the British army faced almost total annihilation on the beaches of northern France, a daring rescue plan grew from last-ditch gambit into full-blown miracle. Churchill had hoped to save 30,000 retreating men; in the end more than ten times that many were recovered. It was arguably the single biggest turning point of the second world war.