Anyone here ever been to tent revivals?
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I saw one once, but only as a nostalgia thing. The elders were reliving their youth. Nobody does brush arbors anymore either.
Mostly it's a matter of air conditioning. Tents and brush arbors don't have it. Also around here mosquitoes are a factor to consider. We'd all rather be inside a building.
One, a long time ago when I was in my teens. I lived in the country and a Baptist church in the nearest small town, which was about 14 miles away, decided to hold one in the country. Our little community only had a bar and a rural firestation. My family owned the bar, my grandparents built it and ran it. That church thought we were a pack of heathens. Actually, the bar wasn't a rowdy bar. Just a place where country folks got a beer and burger after a day of work while they yakked with fellow country folks.
Anyway, I was already a Christian. My father who lived out of town visited me so that we could go together to the tent revival.
Anyway, I was already a Christian. My father who lived out of town visited me so that we could go together to the tent revival.
There used to be this Christian musical festival called Parachute in nz and everyone camped in tents. Sort of like Glastonbury.
I did go once, and didn't have a pleasant experience sad to say. I mean some of it was good, but some of the people there were kind of racist. But I was a teen then and they would have been ignorant country bumpkin types who'd probably never seen someone who looked Chinese in their entire life. Otherwise I can't explain why I overheard them say 'oh she's one of THOSE' and left of their efforts of trying to convert me (I was not a Christian then, or not their type of Christian)
Also, I was kind of weirded out or alienated I suppose the word is, by the whole CCM thing. I, in MY ignorance, thought Chrstian music would be more like gospel and hymns, rather than this kind of pseudo-rock. It was like Nirvana or Pearl Jam but instead of angst about themselves, it was angst about God.
I did go once, and didn't have a pleasant experience sad to say. I mean some of it was good, but some of the people there were kind of racist. But I was a teen then and they would have been ignorant country bumpkin types who'd probably never seen someone who looked Chinese in their entire life. Otherwise I can't explain why I overheard them say 'oh she's one of THOSE' and left of their efforts of trying to convert me (I was not a Christian then, or not their type of Christian)
Also, I was kind of weirded out or alienated I suppose the word is, by the whole CCM thing. I, in MY ignorance, thought Chrstian music would be more like gospel and hymns, rather than this kind of pseudo-rock. It was like Nirvana or Pearl Jam but instead of angst about themselves, it was angst about God.
Well... yeah, by default. If you don't got God, you need SOMETHING to help you cope with life.
