The Rising of America – The Birthing of a Movement

America is in the middle of a civil war! The United States has become divided! But I believe that this will be the greatest time to be alive in history. But we need to stand up and speak up against tyranny. We need to be the remnant who will stand for freedom and not back down.

It was March of 2020 when the pandemic was released on a nation unaware. California was the first State to shut down. The “two weeks to slow the spread” has now turned into two years. Between mask mandates and the push to become “vaccinated” – people have grown weary.

When Covid 19 was first announced in the media, I heard God speak to me in prayer one day. God said to me, “Covid 19 is “Christ Overcoming Victory in Disease – Psalms 19”. You need to tell the people not to be afraid! They must NOT FEAR! There are 365 Bible verses that tell us not to fear. One for every day of the year!

But the unholy trinity was released on the people – Big Tech, Big Pharma and the Media. It was through this unholy alliance that propagated the fear and pushed people towards the narrative of “being vaccinated”. Like sheep being led to the slaughter, many people bought into the propaganda and took the bait.

An Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) is a mechanism to facilitate the availability and use of medical countermeasures, including vaccines, during public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Under an EUA, FDA may allow the use of unapproved medical products in an emergency to diagnose, treat or prevent serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions when certain statutory criteria have been met, including that there are no adequate, approved and available alternatives.

Typically, it takes many years for a vaccine to come to market in the testing phase. This so called “vaccine” was pushed on the public because there was an agenda associated with it. Profits over people! There were billions of dollars to be made by the unholy trinity. And the media was the false prophet with their propaganda to push their agenda.

On May 2, 2020, I woke up and heard these words, “We won’t shut up until you OPEN UP – OPEN THE HEAVENS”. I was given a directive to have seven baptisms along the western seaboard of the United States, starting at Pirates Cove (near Newport Beach, CA) and ending in Vancouver, B.C. I have written an extensive blog about that on this website). These baptisms shifted the atmosphere and “Opened the Heavens” along the western seaboard of the United States. I was given a mandate to have these baptisms completed before the Presidential election on November 3, 2020.

We all watched as the election was literally stolen in front of our eyes. Five precincts shut down the voting simultaneously. When we went to bed that night Trump was ahead – only to wake up and see that Biden had pulled ahead in the middle of the night. Everyone knew that something fishy was going on. Only later did we see on video the suitcases being pulled out where thousands of votes would go for Biden. Finally, on Saturday, November 7, 2020, Joe Biden was declared the 46th President of the United States!

There were many rallies which rose up in protest around the nation – including “Stop the Steal” and others. I went to the Jericho March on December 12, 2020 where thousands of Christians and Patriots gathered to march around the Supreme Court, the Capitol, and the White House seven times. The organizer of the event, Rob Weaver, was told by God to have Christians march around the buildings seven times similar to what happened in Jericho in the Old Testament.

I also went to Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, and saw over two million peaceful people protesting an election which we believed was stolen. I stood and heard President Donald J. Trump tell us to “peacefully and patriotically” make our way over to the Capitol. I stood in front of the Capitol and did a “live report” but never saw anything out of order except some smoke behind the building.

I did talk with some people who told me that the Capitol Police were waving people to come into the building. I’m sure there were a few bad apples who were amongst the Patriots. But where were the voices speaking up for Ashli Babbitt – the woman who was shot and killed by the Capitol Police officer?

Our country is divided! There is a saying, “United we stand, divided we fall.”

The Bible says in Mark 3:25 “A House that is divided against itself cannot stand”.

Our country was forged in the furnace of affliction under the dictates of England’s oppressive measures of taxation. It was under this type of tyranny that the American Revolution was birthed. Many Pastors and their congregants became known as the “Minute Men” when they took up arms and went to defend their homeland – America!

George Washington was leading the Continental Army during the American Revolution. It was during the winter of 1777 at Valley Forge where George Washington was in his office and had told his staff that he did not want to be disturbed. He heard a rustling and looked up to see a singularly beautiful being – an Angel. This beautiful Angel told George Washington, “Son of the Republic, Look and Learn”. The Angel showed Washington the three perils which were going to come upon America. After the vision faded the Angel finished by saying, “Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful for her is the third. But the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land, and Union”.

At the Washington Monument

This story was told by a soldier who had been at Valley Forge during that fateful winter in 1777 in Valley Forge. When he was 99 years old, he felt compelled to tell the story about George Washington and the Angel. It was published in the military newspaper which today is known as the “Stars and Stripes” publication.

The first peril the Angel spoke about to Washington was the American Revolution. The second peril was the Civil War. But I believe that we are at the beginning of the third peril now. Our country has many enemies surrounding us and within her own borders. But God is raising up a standard against darkness and the demonic forces which are trying to take America down.

I have been traveling from sea to shining sea during the last two years. I have been speaking, interviewing many significant voices of truth on my Podcast “Now is the Time, and sounding an alarm on God’s holy mountain. God told me many years ago, “Meri – your name is right in the middle of America.” To my shock – I realized it was! The name Meri means “shining sea”.

In II Chronicles 7:14 the Bible states: “If my people, called by my name, will humble themselves and pray. And seek my face and turn from their wicked ways. Then I will hear from Heaven and HEAL THEIR LAND”. We as a people need to repent and turn our faces back to God.

The battle lines are drawn – there is no middle ground any longer. You’re either cold or hot. White or black. You’re either in or out! You have to trust in God with all your heart. It’s always the darkest before the dawn. But God told me “The Greatest Show on Earth” is getting ready to start. God is going to “show up and show off”. He is our Father and will not leave us or forsake us! God has a covenant with America. Let’s stay the course, don’t lose heart and remember….

America will rise again! It’s Liberty Rising – the dawning of a GREAT AWAKENING! It’s the birthing of a MOVEMENT!

Liberty Rising – the Dawning of Freedom

We are at a time in History where the battle lines have been drawn. It is the “Moment of Truth”. We are at a transition where the very life and heart of the culture is at stake. With the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic which happened at the beginning of 2020 the nation reeled. But there were those of us who only stood up and spoke up!

In prayer one morning, I heard the voice of God speak to me and say, “COVID 19 means Christ Overcoming Victory in Disease – Psalms 19”. I was able to share this on NBC and BBC:

Religious Group Defies California Public Health Order

I had been at a baptism which some friends of mine were hosting called Saturate OC. The BBC had come out and were interviewing people about the event. I was able to share this clip in front of millions around the world.

The mainstream news media has been one of the biggest proponents of fear. They are part of the swamp! God is draining the swamp and we are at the beginning of a renaissance in media! We cannot be afraid to speak up at this time in history!

In May 2020, I again heard God speak to me when I awoke. These words have been part of my life for the last several months!

WE WON’T SHUT UP – UNTIL YOU OPEN UP!
OPEN THE HEAVENS!!

A Mandate for Seven Baptisms

The 1st Baptism – Corona del Mar

I was then given the mandate to do seven baptisms along the western seaboard of the United States. I was told to do the first baptism on May 30, 2020 at Pirate’s Cove in Corona Del Mar, CA. That date just so happened to be the Feast of Pentecost. It was an amazing day! When we arrived at Pirate’s Cove at 9:00 a.m. we saw an unusual phenomenon of a rainbow around the sun.

We had dozens of people who came out to worship and be baptized! God did indeed Open the Heavens!

But the real interesting thing was that it was fifty years ago in 1970 that Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel and Hippie preacher, Lonnie Frisbee started the first baptisms.

Chuck Smith and Lonnie Frisbee Baptizing at the Beach Lonnie Frisbee

The Jesus Movement Baptisms

Eventually there were thousands of people attending these baptisms and Time Magazine started covering these events and termed it “The Jesus Movement”. A Movement had begun and millions around the world would become part of that wave!

Time Magazine Cover June 21, 1971 - The Jesus Revolution

The 2nd Baptism – San Diego

The 2nd Baptism was held in San Diego on Father’s Day weekend, June 20, 2020 at Buccaneer Beach. There were many who attended and we felt the Father’s love on that beach!

The 3rd Baptism – Venice Beach

The 3rd Baptism was at Venice Beach, CA and Pastor Derrick Gates, and many other Pastors and their congregants attended. We worshipped the Lord and were told by a local official to not sing. We pointed out that there were people all over the Beach doing similar things and they were not told to stop. We said that we were willing to be arrested if need be. But we were not going to SHUT UP – UNTIL THE HEAVEN OPENS UP! We took a stand.

The 4th Baptism – Santa Monica

The 4th Baptism was in Santa Monica Beach at Lifeguard stand 25 on Saturday, September 19, 2020. That date just so happened to fall on another Jewish Feast – Rosh Hashanah. This Feast is the Jewish New Year! The significant thing about this date is that 24 years ago on Friday, September 13, 1996, I did the very first Youthwave Concert. Over 5,000 kids showed up and 500 gave their hearts to the Lord! God told me that there was going to be a “Greater Move of God than the Jesus Movement” and I was told to call this event “Youthwave” and the slogan was “Be a part of the New Wave!” It was historical that the 4th baptism was on the same day I did the first Youthwave concert 24 years earlier! Wow!

The 5th Baptism – San Francisco

The 5th Baptism was on Saturday, October 3, 2020 at Baker Beach in San Francisco overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. When we arrived that morning at Baker Beach there were dozens of people worshipping Jesus on the sand. There were many people who came and were baptized in the Pacific Ocean overlooking the fabulous Golden Gate Bridge. It was a sight to behold! But another amazing fact is that it was on another Jewish Feast – the Feast of Tabernacles. Also, Pastor Chuck Smith had graduated to Heaven seven years prior on October 3, 2013. You can’t make this stuff up folks! God is planning the “Greatest Show on Earth”.

On October 12, 2020 as I was walking the shores of Laguna Beach, CA, I heard God speak and say to me, “You need to finish the last two baptisms in Seattle and Vancouver B.C. You need to do it before the US Presidential elections.” I was stunned!

I had less than two weeks to plan this and facilitate these baptisms in order to be obedient to the directives of God!

I immediately went into action and everything fell into place. I’m actually writing this blog from my hotel room in Washington State. This past weekend we just completed the last two baptisms in Seattle and Vancouver B.C.

The 6th Baptism – Seattle

On Saturday, October 24, 2020 there were fourteen people who came to Lincoln Park in Seattle for the 6th baptism. We walked down to the Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and worshipped Jesus with flags and shofars. God brought out the sun that day and we had an amazing time. Something shifted in the atmosphere and the “Gates of Heaven were opened”.

The 7th and Final Baptism – Vancouver, B.C.

The 7th and final baptism happened on Sunday, October 25, 2020 on White Rock Beach in Vancouver B.C. at 12:00 noon. The borders of Canada are closed to Americans, so I facilitated a simulcast where we did a split screen on Facebook Live and the world got to see two nations coming together as one. Rev. Dr. Ed Hird helped facilitate this along with Harvest City Church members Dan Smith, Joyce Johnson, Janina and Eli and several others. We all came together as a Dream Team.

https://www.facebook.com/meri.crouley/videos/10224906270987900

Open the Heavens – Vancouver Baptism
Meri Crouley was Live

I have been to Vancouver B.C. and have spoken at Harvest City Church several times. We honored the late Pastor George Johnson at this event as well. He passed away in December of 2019 of cancer at 77 years old. It would have been his 78th birthday on the date of our 7th baptism. God had told me that this 7th baptism was going to be the “CROWNING MOMENT”. That Canada was going to “Crown” America.

This last baptism was “off the charts” amazing. Again, the moment we showed up the sun broke through. It was a crisp 48 degrees but it was a beautiful sunny day. We opened up on Facebook Live with Rev. Ed Hird on the Canadian side on the Bay and Meri Crouley on the American side. You could literally see the famous White Rock where they were going to be doing the baptisms. We started with 20 minutes of worship and then we honored late Pastor George Johnson. Finally, there were two brothers, Aidan and Micah who were baptized by Rev. Ed Hird. I believe that this was symbolic of God releasing a double-portion anointing to the youth for a “Greater Move of God than the Jesus Movement” which is happening NOW!

Blowing the shofar at a beach baptism

At the conclusion of the “Open the Heavens” final baptism there were several shofars which were blown on both sides! We all shouted in unison “OPEN THE HEAVENS!” Something shifted in the atmosphere and I know that God “Showed Up and Showed Off”. God sent His mighty Angelic Hosts into the region and cleaned up!

We are at the moment in History of “The Greatest Show on Earth”. The Greatest Revival in History is about ready to break out on the scene. No matter what it looks like – WE MUST BELIEVE. It always looks the darkest before the dawn. Don’t be distracted by the lies of the enemy.

God is going to use the media now to “Show up and Show Off”.

God will orchestrate this move and we will see miraculous signs and wonders in the Heavens.
This Presidential election will be one of the most important races in History. You need to look at the platform both men are running on and it won’t be hard to decide. Trump is pro-life; Biden believes in abortion up until birth. On that one issue alone it is not even a choice if you’re a Christian who you should vote for.

400-Year Anniversary of the Mayflower Compact and Founding of America

Our country is coming up to the 400 year anniversary of the Mayflower compact and the founding of America. On September 16, 1620, the ship called Mayflower set sail for Plymouth – on board were more than 100 passengers all hoping to start a new life in America! These early settlers would become known as Pilgrims, and their arrival in North America would shape the history of the nation for generations.

The Mayflower ship

These passengers were divided into groups known as the ‘Saints’ and ‘Strangers’. The Saints were also known as ‘Separatists’ or ‘Puritans’, a group of people who wanted to live a life free from the Church of England (which had grown very corrupt) to start a new church in America.

Life on the ship was extremely difficult with people crammed together like sardines. Eventually, after a difficult two months, the Mayflower made it to America.

Signing the Mayflower Compact

Before going ashore, Pilgrim leaders drafted something called, “The Mayflower Compact” to avoid arguments and fighting. Signed by 41 men on board, the compact was an agreement to cooperate for the general good of the colony. The pilgrims would deal with issues by voting, establish laws with decisions made democratically by the majority. God was establishing a group of Christians who wanted to have a fair community established through justice and equality.

And so in closing this blog, I want to remind you that America was established upon Freedom – not tyranny. We are at the Dawning of a new time of liberty and freedom for our nation.

Use Your Freedom – Go Out and Vote

So please use your freedom and go out and vote. And vote for the candidate whose principles reflect the Godly heritage of what our nation was founded on. “In God we Trust” is on our money.

We don’t want socialism but Freedom. We want community not communism.

It was in St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, that Patrick Henry delivered his most famous speech. With war against Great Britain looming, Henry proclaimed, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia

If we don’t stand for something we will fall for anything! The words which I heard back in May are sounding loudly in my ears, “We won’t shut up – until you open up! OPEN THE HEAVENS!

II Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways. Then I will hear from Heaven and heal their land.

It’s time again for our nation to become:

One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all!
God bless America!

Dr. Meri Crouley

A Great Shaking Before a Great Awakening

We are in a season that God is setting up “The Greatest Show on Earth”. God is going to “Show up and Show off”. I have been saying this for quite a while. But I have also been teaching that everything that can be shaken will be shaken.

The last few weeks we have all been affected by the Corona Virus and our lives have been completely uprooted from our normal routines. I live in the City of Los Angeles and at this current time we are under quarantine. We have been instructed by Governor Gavin Newsom that California’s 40 million residents should stay home indefinitely and venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercise.

The Corona Virus: A Great Shaking Around the World

And this is not just happening in California – but all over the world. There is a great shaking that is taking place and many people are fearful. There has been reports of stockpiling of food, toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other items. Restaurants, bars, theatres, businesses and gyms have all been instructed to close. Most people have never experienced this in their lifetime! What is going on?

God is allowing this shaking to come all over the world because He wants us to seek Him. He wants to pour out His glory upon the earth and is preparing the earth for a great end-time Harvest of souls.

Hebrews 12: 26-28

“At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, Once more I will shake not only the earth but the heavens.” The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken – that is, Created things – so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

Therefore, since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, Let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and Awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”

The Azusa Street Awakening

We can learn much from studying history. Many of the greatest moves of God have always had a shaking before the awakening came. One of the examples that I will give you is The Azusa Street Revival in the City of Los Angeles.

Here is the story of the history of the shaking that led up to the Azusa Street Revival. William Seymour, a black holiness preacher, and his friend, Edward Lee were instructed by the Lord to fast ten days, beginning April 6, 1906. They were just three days into their fast when Lee asked Seymour to pray for him, so that he might receive holy spiritual power with the gift of tongues, as at Pentecost. Seymour laid his hands on his friend and brother in Christ and prayed for him. Immediately Lee burst forth in an unknown tongue and exclaimed, “At last! This is that!”, referring to Peter’s words on the Day of Pentecost.

Later that evening they were at the home of Richard and Ruth Asbury at 214 North Bonnie Brae Street, Los Angeles, where a group of black people had gathered to worship. Seymour rose to preach and recounted the experience of earlier that day. Shortly afterward Lee lifted his hands and spoke in tongues and Douglas Nelson described what happened. “The entire company was immediately swept to its knees as by some tremendous power. At least seven, and perhaps more, lifted their voices in harmony of strange new tongues. Some rushed out to the front porch, yard and street shouting and speaking in tongues for all the neighborhood to hear. Thus, on the evening of April 9, 1906, the 20th century Pentecostal movement was born in a black ghetto of Los Angeles among the poor, despised and rejected black members of a white dominated and fundamentally racist society.

Resulting from this initial experience, numbers increased very rapidly to include whites as well as blacks, and it became necessary to rent an old African Methodist Episcopal chapel at 312 Azusa Street, where the seating consisted of wooden planks laid across boxes. But something happened just a few weeks after this initial outpouring that was to shake things up and really put the fear of God in people.

At 5:12 am on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by a deadly and powerful earthquake. Most seismologists believe the quake exceeded 8.0 on the Richter scale. Though it only lasted between 45 and 60 seconds, the earthquake left over 3,000 people dead, destroyed over 28,000 buildings, and rendered over a quarter of a million people homeless. The devastating disaster caused panic throughout southern California, and the saints of the newly formed Azusa Street Mission, who viewed the convulsions as a sure sign of God’s judgment and might, used the opportunity to escalate evangelism and call men to repentance.

Frank Bartleman, who chronicled the early Azusa Street Pentecostal revival in Los Angeles, was spiritually spurred by the event and went to great lengths to spread the gospel in the weeks following the earthquake. Before the quake, Bartleman had written a tract entitled, “The Last Call”. He and other Christian workers in the City distributed over 10,000 of the pamphlets on April 22nd. While many other preachers in California were working overtime to prove that God had nothing to do with the earthquakes and try to allay the fears of the people, Bartleman and others felt compelled to warn others of their need to speedily repent and turn from their sins (II Chronicles 7:14).

Frank Bartleman reported that the atmosphere in Los Angeles was frenetic. He reported that business in the city was at a standstill and that the “people were paralyzed with fear and that men were at a breaking point”. He said that “I found the earthquake had opened many hearts”.

There is a Great Awakening Upon Us!

With what we are seeing transpire around the world with the pandemic of the Corona Virus many people are afraid and opening their hearts to God. There is a great awakening upon us! Let us use this time to tell others about Jesus and wake up their hearts to accept the Lord. It seems that there are some interesting parallels from the Azusa Street outpouring in 1906 and to what’s happening around the world in the year 2020.

Let us all pray that men and women around the world will open up their hearts to God and turn from their sin and seek God’s face. It was prophesied by William Seymour during the Asuza Street revival that a greater move of God was going to come upon the earth 100 years after that movement. I believe that we are at that time now! Let us use this opportunity to tell others about Jesus and to turn their hearts back to God! We are at a time for “The Greatest Show on Earth” to begin.

II Chronicles 7: 13-14

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to Devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

The Greatest Show on Earth

We have shifted into a new season and God is releasing new mantles and mandates for a Great Harvest. Last year I started hearing in my spirit that “The Greatest Show on Earth” was going to come to the earth. I live in Los Angeles and have been involved in producing media for the Kingdom. When the movie “The Greatest Showman” came out on 12/22/17 I knew that this was a prophetic sign from God that things were going to change radically.

“The Greatest Showman” was about P.T. Barnum who started a circus with people, who in the natural, were very odd and who some people would call freaks. But the show was very entertaining and made the people laugh and enjoy themselves during the production. I have seen the movie five times and it always speaks prophetically to me that God is going to use people we would not even imagine during this next move of God.

In 1996 I was instructed by the Lord while speaking at a conference in San Diego to start reaching out to the youth. I stepped out by faith with a group of women and just started praying. We were instructed by God to start looking for venues and we jumped in with both feet. We didn’t know what we were going to call the concert – but we proceeded to be obedient to the Holy Spirit.

“Youthwave” Concerts

A few days later, I was driving home from the gym on Crown Valley Parkway in Orange County, when suddenly God spoke to me and said, “A greater move of God is coming than the Jesus Movement. I want you to call the event “Youthwave” and the slogan is “Be a part of the NEW WAVE”.

The first Youthwave concert was at the Anaheim Vineyard on September 13, 1996 and there were over 5,000 young people in attendance. That night just happened to be Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Years. That was over 22 years ago.

In the meantime, God had me doing Youthwave concerts in various locations in Southern California for another 11 years. Some of the places he had me go were San Diego State Open Air Theatre (representing schools); Oceanside Amphitheatre (representing the beach/coast); Calvary Chapel (where Jesus Movement broke out with Lonnie Frisbee); Jackie Robinson Stadium in Compton (representing inner cities); Camp Pendleton (representing the military bases). Each of these locations were representing a different demographic and area of society where God wanted to touch.

The last Youthwave concert was in 2007 at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Warehouse 14. We had the well-known group – “Skillet” come play along with many other groups. I have not done a concert since then but now God is breathing upon these dry bones again and I’m relaunching the Youthwave concerts again starting in San Diego.

The significance of this venue at the Orange County Fairgrounds was that a young hippie named Lonnie Frisbee was hitchhiking on Fair Drive when Chuck Smith’s daughter’s boyfriend, John, picked up Lonnie Frisbee and drove him to Chuck Smith’s house.

You see, Chuck and Kay Smith, had been pastoring a tiny church in Costa Mesa, California for over 17 years. Their church was very small and not growing. Chuck had been thinking about quitting the pastorate. Chuck and Kay used to go down to Laguna Beach, California and watch dozens of hippies lining the streets. Chuck would shake his head and say, “Dirty Hippies, why don’t they take a bath!”

His wife Kay replied, “Chuck, don’t say that! We need to pray that God is going to reach these kids…our kids are about the same age!” The heart of a mother appealed to her husband to think differently. Chuck told his family “If you see a hippie bring one home…I want to talk to them!”

That’s exactly what happened! God orchestrated and staged the whole encounter where Lonnie Frisbee was brought right to his door. The thing he initially disdained became his destiny!

This radical hippie named Lonnie had an encounter on a mountain several months earlier. He went to Tahquiz Canyon near Palm Springs, California. He cried in a loud voice, “God if you’re real – reveal yourself to me.”

“I’m putting a light on you to reach lost people”

All of a sudden, the atmosphere of the canyon changed. Lonnie had a vision of the Pacific Ocean. But instead of being filled with water – it was filled with people in darkness. Jesus appeared to Lonnie and told him “I’m putting a light on you to reach lost people”.

The rest is history. Lonnie Frisbee and his wife, Connie, moved in with Chuck and Kay. They started evangelizing the beaches and hundreds of hippies started coming to Calvary Chapel. So many people started coming that within a few months they had to erect a tent on the property. They started doing mass baptisms at the beach at Pirates Cove near Corona Del Mar. Time magazine heard about it and started covering it as “The Jesus Movement”.

A greater move of the Holy Spirit is upon us. It will be greater than Azusa Street and the Jesus Movement combined. It will help facilitate the billion-soul youth harvest which prophet Bob Jones was shown by God in a vision many years ago. It will truly be a wave of God’s spirit and will touch the youth in a great wave of Glory – YOUTHWAVE!

The Greatest Show on Earth has Begun

The Greatest Show on Earth has begun. It will bring in those people who many would never think God would use. In fact, I interviewed Lonnie’s former wife, Connie, several years ago on my television program “Now is the Time”. Connie told me that Lonnie was shown before his death that the LGBT community was going to be touched by God in a tremendous way. That they would be one people group who God was going to reveal himself to and restore.

In closing, Lonnie was molested as an eight-year old boy for two years. He tried to tell his mother and step-father. They didn’t believe him. Lonnie got into the homosexual lifestyle at 15 years old in Laguna Beach. But at 17 years old he was touched on that mountain by God’s spirit. He was used by God as a catalyst to spark a movement where millions were touched.

Lonnie did not own the title of being homosexual. But at times in his life he struggled with his identity. Just as many in the body of Christ struggle with addictions to alcohol, pornography, drugs, etc. Lonnie died in March of 1993 due to complications arising from AIDS. He had gotten very bitter the last year of his life because he felt that the church wanted him for his anointing and the power God placed on him – but they didn’t really want him. But the last two months of his life God revealed himself to Lonnie as Father! He came full circle and finally felt embraced as a son and surrendered into the loving hands of God on March 12, 1993.

This will be a move where God is going to bring Malachi 4 back to his church, “Behold I will send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And He shall turn the heart of the Father’s to the children, and the heart of the children to their Fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” In this great coming move of God – Fathers and Mothers will love these new converts and disciple them into their destiny. It will truly be the “Greatest Show on Earth”. And as one of the songs from the movie “the Greatest Showman” states – “It’s everything you ever want, it’s everything you ever need…and it’s here right in front of you….this is where you want to be.”

God is going to bring forth his family. And it will be about community and unity. It will be about complete instead of compete. Where the manifestations of the sons and daughters will truly arise to take their destiny. God is going to be the Director and it might look like a three-ring circus. But it will be “The Greatest Show on Earth.” And millions will want to come and be a part of this show!

Just grab hold of it and hold on for the ride of your life!

Season of Discovery and Recovery

I woke up this morning and heard the voice of God speak to me, “You are entering into a season of Discovery and Recovery.” I was instantly alert and felt that God was giving me a new message. I started to get a download from the Kingdom of God and began writing it down.Many of you reading this have gone through severe trials and transitions. But everything is getting ready to change! New things are going to be discovered and lost things are going to be recovered!

I’m going to share with you some of my journey that I have been on the last several years. There were many delays and trials. But God is going to give us “smiles for trials” and “cheers for tears.” Often God will use me to prophesy in rhyme. I believe because now is the “appointed time.”

There is a Greater Wave Coming than the Jesus Movement!

In 1996 I was inspired by the Lord to start reaching out to the youth. I had put together a team of people and we just started praying, asking God for direction. After much prayer it was determined that we were going to put on a concert with several bands. We selected the date, found the venue and secured the music groups who would be performing. Everything was in place but we didn’t have the name for the event.

One day I was driving home from the gym when God spoke to me, “There is a greater wave coming than the Jesus Movement! I want you to call the event Youthwave and the slogan will be…be a part of the NEW WAVE.” I was stunned. Youthwave! What a great name! The very first Youthwave concert was on September 13, 1996 at the Anaheim Vineyard and over 5000 kids showed up and hundreds came to know the Lord.

But the interesting thing was that this concert happened to fall on Rosh Hashanah. At the time I didn’t know anything about the Jewish Feasts. Rosh Hashanah literally means “head of the year” and is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the high holidays (Days of Awe) and is celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur.

This year Rosh Hashanah was celebrated at sundown on October 2, 2016. This will be the year 5777. It has been 20 years since the first Youthwave concert happened! God is going to give us double for our trouble. A great revival and reformation is coming to the world to prepare for the end-time harvest.

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther sparked the protestant reformation by nailing the 95 theses to the door of the All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. He condemned the practice of selling indulgences either for themselves or on behalf of the dead that would release them from punishment due to their sins. His “95 Theses,” which propounded two central beliefs – that the bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds.

Jesus Left the 99 Sheep to Find the One Which Was Lost.

I believe that this next great move of God will be another revolution – a revolution of righteousness. God is going to bring forth a move of His love and light to reach those in darkness. It will be a time of discovery and recovery. Jesus left the 99 sheep to find the one which was lost. The harvest is truly plentiful but the laborers are few. Let’s reach the lost at whatever the cost and bring forth a wave of God’s glory. The greatest show on earth is ready to give birth!

All Systems Go – It’s Time for the Show

The greatest show on earth is getting ready to begin! “It’s time for the earth to give birth” were the words I heard in my head as I woke up on Labor Day two years ago. The world is ready for a great transformation and an awakening of hearts is on the horizon.

Many in the world are watching in horror as radical extremist groups such as ISIS have arisen torturing and murdering people who oppose their viewpoints and ideology. My heart went out to the families of the 21 Egyptian Christian men who were beheaded on camera around the world. They are now dancing on the streets of gold in heaven with other martyrs throughout the ages who have given their lives for what they believe.

In Luke 21: 25 – 26 it states:

“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking at those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.”

Do Not Fear – This is the Year that God Will Change the Atmosphere

We are indeed seeing a shaking which is happening upon the earth and many hearts have been gripped with fear. But I want to say to you… not to fear – for this is the year – that God will change the atmosphere. ALL SYSTEMS GO.

I woke up on Valentine’s Day 2015 and heard those words “All Systems Go”. I saw a green light and an acceleration of the Kingdom’s purposes were advancing on this earth. Many of you reading this blog have gone through a season of delay and disappointment. But the changing of the guard is at hand. NO MORE DELAY.

A New Renaissance In the Music, Media, and Marketplace

Your dreams are going to become a reality. Hope is being released and hearts are being healed. The Spirit of The Lord is arising and bringing a new renaissance into the music, media and marketplace. It’s time for another great awakening to occur in our culture. People’s hearts are hungry for hope and they will awaken to what they hear, see and feel in new films, art and music being revealed by God’s Kingdom.

When I was a small girl my mother would awaken me gently in the morning. She would say, “Arise precious one….it’s time for a new day”. So do I hear the Spirit of the Lord say to you, “Arise and shine your LIGHT has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you, and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn”. (Isaiah 60: 1-3).

The changing of the guard is at hand! Many will be chosen by God who would never be considered in the natural realm. But God chooses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise (I Corinthians 1:27). In 1967 God chose a hippie named Lonnie Frisbee to be a catalyst for the Jesus Movement. In Lonnie’s own words he stated, “And the church for so long has been expecting a certain mold of what a Christian should look like, what a Christian should say, and what a Christian should be. But God is blowing everybody’s minds….because He’s saving the hippies! And nobody thought a hippie could be saved”!

Homecoming for the Prodigal Sons

God is going to wake up people who were in very dark places. But when they see the light of God’s love they will run to it. Just as the prodigal son left home at an early age and spent his inheritance. When he finally spent it all and was broke….he came to his senses and went home. His Father saw him when he was far away because He never quit believing that his son would return. And he ran to him, embraced him weeping and called for a party. What was lost was now FOUND! It was a great homecoming!

As the world grows darker….the light of the Lord’s love will be greater. An awakening of hearts is at hand. The greatest show on earth is ready to begin. And it’s going to be really FUN! It’s time for a PARTY!

ALL SYSTEMS GO!!

The City of Angels – Time to Crown this Town

The City of Los Angeles has a history for spiritual awakenings. I believe that a greater move of the spirit is at hand and it will come very quickly. On Friday, 13, 2014 at the Staple Center in Los Angeles, the LA Kings went on to win the Stanley Cup Championship in double overtime. I had not really been following the games but I would hear people excitedly talking about this as time progressed. You see, in the playoffs they had initially lost the first three games and the next one they would have been eliminated.

But the coach of the Kings, Daryl Sutter, had them focus on working together as a team! They pulled it together to win and go into the Stanley Cup Championship against the New York Rangers. It was an incredible victory! I sensed that something was going on in the spirit and God was using this as a metaphor.

“I Am Going to Pour Out My Spirit in a Double Portion Over the City of Los Angeles and California”

And then on Friday 13, 2014, in the evening I was at a prayer meeting in Los Angeles, CA. At 8:00 p.m. I heard these words speak through me by the spirit of God, “Just as I poured out my Spirit in 1906 during the Azusa Street outpouring I am going to pour out my spirit in a double portion over the City of Los Angeles and California which will reach the world. I chose a black man named William Seymour to bring forth a movement! And now I am going to crown the LA Kings to show the world that you can come from behind to win. Watch me move now and see a great power play and the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH to begin.”

There were eight of us at this small gathering and I knew that something had shifted. I knew the LA Kings were going to be playing their final game but only The Lord knew the outcome of the game. So on Saturday morning when I woke up I googled to see the outcome. And I was excited to see that they had won in double overtime! God is going to give us double for our trouble! Many have been hearing that a greater move of God is coming than the Azusa Street Outpouring. But for some of you who don’t know about what Azusa Street was let me give you a little history lesson.

William Seymour was a one-eyed black man who was the son of former slaves. He was hungry for God and attended a bible school in the south where he had to sit outside the door to learn. Segregation had even infiltrated the Christians and the Jim Crow laws were in effect. He was invited to come out to Los Angeles and be the pastor of a small church. He arrived on February 22, 1906, and started preaching to small crowds on Santa Fe Street. His message was that the “Next move of God” was getting ready to be poured out in Los Angeles and that the congregation should be expecting and believing for the power of the Holy Spirit to come!

When he went back that evening for another service the church had been padlocked! The woman who had invited him to come out and be the pastor did not believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit of which William Seymour was contending for.

He eventually found his way over to a home on Bonnie Brae street where a small group of people would come and pray. The couple felt sorry for William Seymour in that he was homeless and penniless and invited William to stay with them. He spent hours in prayer and fasting before the Lord. One day one of the men told William that he had a dream where the 12 apostles came to him in a dream. They told him he could be filled with the spirit this man asked William to pray for him. William prayed for him and immediately this man was filled with the spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. They were ecstatic! What they had been praying for was now happening.

Now the news spread quickly around the neighborhood and many came to this small house and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. William and the others at the house also received this outpouring as well. Before long there were crowds of people outside and surrounding the house. Eventually the porch fell in because of the weight of all the people but no one was hurt.

Miracles at 312 Azusa Street

William was told he would have to find another facility to meet in. So he started looking around and found an abandoned two story building located in the old downtown industrial district on 312 Azusa Street. It had once been a church but now the first floor was used as a stable with rooms to rent upstairs! They cleaned up the building and started inviting people to come and experience the presence of The Lord! People started flocking to this small building and were experiencing God’s presence and power. All different types and demographics of people starting coming. It was as if God opened a portal of heaven over that place and poured out His love and power. Miracles were in abundance and the glory of God was so present that people would fall on their face repenting of their sins.

The first secular news reports of the revival appeared on April 18, 1906 (Just 9 days after the outpouring started)! It was the same day that the devastating earthquake in San Francisco happened! God was indeed making a statement. The message at the mission was “The Love of God”! People were careful not to speak negatively about anyone and love each other….no matter what their age, color, economic situation, etc.

By the summer the crowds had reached staggering numbers – often into the thousands. The scene had become an international gathering place! Thousands of pastors and missionaries had come from across the globe to come to Azusa Street to experience a touch of God. They then went back to their continents and impacted their culture with the same message and power.

It is stated that over 550 million Pentecostals and Charismatics can trace their spiritual ancestry back to this awesome event! William Seymour had been shown by God that after 100 years there would be a greater outpouring in Los Angeles than Azusa Street. Another wave is at hand of God’s spirit and the Lord is going to Crown this Town! It’s not just for LA but the whole world. God is making us Kings and through the media the message will be broadcast around the globe and affect billions. Arise and shine your light has come! Let’s take hold of this message and press into the Lord. He can take a handful of people who are in unity to change the world. Let’s believe that this is the time of history for this to happen. Let’s go for the GOLD!

2014 – A Year of the Double Portion

I believe that we are on the verge of the greatest move of God in history! God is going to give us double for our trouble! Double portion, double honor, double favor! But many of you have experienced so many trials and challenges you have come into a position where it seems like it will never happen.

It’s time for the Restoration of All Things

Two years ago at Christmas time I heard the spirit of the Lord speak to me, “Tell the people, I am going to make their dreams come true!” This is the time that God is going to restore everything that was lost, broken and forgotten. It’s always darkest before the dawn! It’s time for the restoration of all things and for the great harvest of souls to come into God’s kingdom before the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ!

As I was researching about the number 14, I found some very interesting things! The number fourteen is a multiple of 7 x 2. The number seven means spiritual perfection or completion. And so the #14 implies a double measure of spiritual perfection.

There are 3 sets of 14 generations between Abraham and Joseph (husband of Mary). So all the generations from Abraham to David are 14 generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon is 14 generations, and from the captivity until Jesus Christ are 14 generations.

The #14 represents deliverance and salvation and is used 22 times in the bible. The 14th day of the month is the Passover when God delivered the firstborn of Israel from death. On the 14th day of the first month in 30 AD, Jesus was crucified as the perfect sacrifice to save mankind from sin. Jesus death on Passover completed His ministry on this earth to free the world from sin.

I woke up on Labor Day of 2013 and heard the Lord speak to me, “It’s time for the earth to give birth.” I knew that God was speaking to me about a great harvest which was going to come forth! I believe that we are now at the door for this movement to come into fruition.

In 1996 I formed a foundation called “Youthwave Explosion” under the guidance of the Lord. God spoke to me and said there was a greater move of God coming Lonnie Frisbee than in the Jesus Movement. In the late sixties the Lord touched a Hippie named Lonnie Frisbee with the power of the Holy Spirit. Through a series of divine coincidences God brought Pastor Chuck Smith and Lonnie Frisbee together. It erupted into a movement and the rest is history. Thousands of people came to the Lord and Calvary Chapel (Chuck Smith’s small church) exploded on the scene where thousands of hippies found redemption through Christ!

The Changing of the Guard is At Hand

The changing of the guard is at hand. Many church fathers have recently gone home to heaven including Pastor Chuck Smith (October 3, 2013) and Paul Crouch who started Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) on November 30, 2013. Evangelist Billy Graham is very frail and also on the verge of being taken home to heaven.Calvary Chapel

In Malachi 4: 4-5 the Bible states: “Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.. And he will turn the hearts of the Fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their Father’s, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”

The Lord is bringing forth another movement – only this will be a movement of the Father. The Lord said He was going to send the spirit of Elijah before the coming of Jesus. The spirit of Elijah is a double portion anointing!

In II Kings 2 Elijah is ready to be taken up into heaven. Elisha had been serving Elijah and by the spirit knew that it was time for his departure. He asked for a double portion of the spirit that was on Elijah as seen in II Kings 2: 9 – 14:

9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

Do you notice that Elisha cries out in verse 12: “My Father, My Father”. Elisha did receive a double portion of the spirit of Elijah and in his ministry did twice the works of his spiritual father, Elijah.

Let Go of the Past, to Receive the New Thing

2014 is going to be a year of the double portion. The Lord is sending forth the spirit of Elijah and is going to be restoring families, finances and futures. But Elisha had to tear his own clothes in two before he picked up the mantle of Elijah. You have to let go of the past and what has not worked up until now to receive the new thing.

We have never walked this way where we are going. The Father God in heaven is going to be bringing forth the “Greatest Show on Earth.” It will look very different than any other movement in history. But it will turn father’s hearts back to their children and will restore the lost. This will be the last move before the coming of Jesus Christ to this earth. It’s time for the earth to give birth! It’s time for the double portion anointing! It’s time for the harvest of God’s sons and daughters! Get ready….on your mark, get set…..GO!

A Time For The Earth To Give Birth

God is doing a new thing in the earth.  I woke up this morning suddenly and I heard the voice of the Lord speak to me, “It’s time for the earth to give birth!”

Meri Crouley Blog - Earth Is Going To Give BirthAnd then I realized that it was labor day, Monday, September 2, 2013.  And the Lord started speaking to me about doing a new thing in the earth.  That it was time for the great harvest of souls to come forth before the coming of Jesus. 

Isaiah 43:19 states:  “Behold I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth, shall you not know it.  I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

Many people have been going through challenging circumstances and are waiting for the breakthroughs to come forth.  This word is to encourage you that we are at the season of new beginnings. 

On the evening of September 4, 2013 through the evening of September 6, 2013 we will be experiencing the Jewish New Year – Rosh Hashanah.  In the Hebrew Rosh Hashanahcalendar it is the year 5774.  Many eschatologists say that this is the most likely day that Jesus will return to the earth.  It is also the birthday of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 

I bring this up for a reason.  We are beginning to see the greatest harvests of souls that the world has ever seen.  There is a tsunami wave of God’s spirit that is breaking upon the earth.  It’s time for the earth to give birth”. 

The Youthwave Foundation

In 1996 I was instructed by the Lord to set up my foundation to reach out to the youth.  I was going to start putting on concerts with various known Christian musicians who would draw forth these young people.  I was in the planning stages but did not have the name of my ministry yet.  One day I was coming home after working out at the gym.  I was driving down the road and wasn’t even thinking about anything when I heard the voice of the Lord speak to me.  “There is a greater wave coming than in the Jesus Movement!  I want you to call your ministry “Youthwave” and the slogan is – “Be part of the new Wave!”

I was blown away when I heard this word from the Lord!  We had our first event planned at the Anaheim Vineyard on September 13, 1996.  I did not realize when I set up this date but it happened to fall on Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish new year.  That night there were over 5,000 kids in attendance and over 500 accepted Jesus into their lives.  God had indeed started something new that day.  A season of new beginnings had begun.

It will be 17 years ago this week  that God had me start the Youthwave foundation! The number 17 is very significant because many people are called by the Lord at 17 years of age.  I am working on a major motion picture about the Jesus movement and Lonnie Frisbee.  Lonnie Frisbee was 17 years old when he went up to Tahquitz Canyon and cried out to God, “God if your real – reveal yourself to me”. 

Jesus appeared to Lonnie and told him that God was putting a light on him to reach lost people.  The beginning of the Jesus people movement had begun where thousands of young people all over the world accepted Jesus.  Many media outlets including Time magazine began covering this phenomenon.  It affected the entire world!

A Season of New Beginnings

But we are at a time when a GREATER WAVE of God’s spirit is being poured out.  It’s time for the earth to give birth to the greatest harvest of the sons and daughters of God.  Rise up now this week and know that we are at a season of new beginnings.  I believe that we are going to see everything turn around and the labor pains that you have been experiencing will give place to joy.  It’s time for the earth to give birth!  All the world will rejoice when we see the harvest which God is going to bring forth!  Arise and shine your light has come!  A season of new beginnings is upon us!

Summer of Love

The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury hippiesneighborhood of San Francisco, initiating a major cultural and political shift. Although hippies also gathered in major cities across the U.S., Canada and Europe, San Francisco remained the epicenter of the social earthquake which would come to be known as the Hippie Revolution. As the hippie counterculture movement came farther and farther forward into public awareness, the activities centered therein became a defining moment of the 1960’s, causing numerous ordinary citizens’ to begin questioning everything and anything about them and their environment as a result.

The Hippies

The hippies were sometimes called flower people and were an eclectic group. Many of them were suspicious of the government, rejected consumerist values, and generally opposed the Vietnam War. Others were uninterested in political affairs and preferred to spend their time involved in partying with sex, drugs and music.

The prelude to the Summer of Love was the Human Be-In at the Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967 where 30,000 like-minded people gathering together in unity made this to be the first event that confirmed there was a viable hippie scene.

The mainstream media’s coverage of hippie life in the Haight-Ashbury drew the attention of youth from all over America. The media’s fascination with the Monterey Pop Festival“counterculture” continued with the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967, where approximately 30,000 people gathered for the first day of the music festival, with the number swelling to 60,000 on the final day. In addition, media coverage of the Monterey Pop Festival facilitated the Summer of Love even further as large numbers of fledgling hippies headed to San Francisco to hear their favorite bands such as The Who, Grateful Dead, the Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Otis Redding, The Byrds, and Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin.

A spirit of revolution was in the air but another revolution was being birthed as well. And this was a revolution of righteousness. One young bay area couple, Ted and Liz Wise, then in their mid-twenties, were feeling a spiritual impulse, but each for a different reason. They were feeling disillusioned with what they were seeing in the counterculture movement and wanted a different high. They started seeking and searching for God and they found Him in a big way.

The Living Room Ministry

Soon they rented a rambling farmhouse in Novato, California in North Marin County of San Francisco where they opened a communal living space shared with three other Christian couples and their children. They formed what is considered the first community of the fledgling Jesus Movement, The House of Acts. The Wises and the other couples from the House of Acts Community provided the leadership for opening the first Jesus Coffeehouse in the Haight, The Living Room.

It was during this period of time when they would go into the Haight District and evangelize the youth that their paths met divine destiny. They encountered LonnieFrisbeeLonnie Frisbee, a young hippie who recently came to San Francisco from Orange County, California. Lonnie had had a radical encounter with Jesus when he was on an LSD trip in the mountains near Palm Springs.

Lonnie went up to Tahquitz Canyon and dropped LSD and cried out to God, “God if you’re real….reveal yourself to me!”. All of a sudden the atmosphere of the canyon started to change and Lonnie had a vision of the Pacific Ocean. But instead of being filled with water it was filled with people in darkness who had lost their way. Jesus appeared to Lonnie and told him that God was putting a light on him to reach lost people.

Lonnie Frisbee Evangelizing in San Francisco

Lonnie had a scholarship up to San Francisco to study at the famous San Francisco Art Academy. In the meantime, he would go into the Haight district and evangelize. But Lonnie did not know the Bible and he would often preach that Jesus was coming back in a space ship.

It was divine fate when God caused the paths of Ted Wise to meet Lonnie Frisbee one day while in the heart of the Haight District. The rest is history when Ted invited Lonnie to come and move into the “House of Acts”. It was during that time that Lonnie started learning the ways of the spirit of the Lord. Lonnie would often go to serve at The Living Room coffeehouse and help out. One day he encountered another radical person who would later become famous. Lonnie tried to share Jesus with this man but he wanted none of it. His name was Charles Manson.

There was something being birthed in the San Francisco area that would spread across the country. The Living Room Ministry, like the house of Acts, became a greenhouse of fertile Christian ideas and growth to the community and both inspired and served as models for similar ministries across the United States.

(next blog will be on the Jesus Movement erupting in Southern California)