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Lonnie Frisbee, The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher
by David Di Sabatino
$19.99
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Imagine if John the Baptist came of age during the 1960s counter culture, the charisma of Jim Morrison flowing from the mantle of an Old Testament prophet. Meet Lonnie Frisbee, a seeker turned Jesus freak evangelist who compelled thousands towards a profession of Christian faith.
While on his quest for truth, Frisbee claimed God showed him his future as an influential evangelist to the hippie generation. Four years later Lonnie would realize the fulfillment of the vision as pictures of him baptizing teenage converts were splashed across the pages of Time and Life magazines celebrating him as an icon of the "Jesus movement".
Despite the stories of spiritual prowess that surround Lonnie Frisbee's life, his personal struggles overwhelmed him. Even though he was the spiritual catalyst igniting the rise of two worldwide denominations (Calvary Chapel & Vineyard Church movements), his name has all but been removed from their histories. Frisbee is a powerful story of God, continuing to align himself with the most unlikely of characters. |
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