J tripper

Though still a part of the broader hippie movement, the Jesus movement was partly a reaction against the counterculture from which it originated. Some people became disenchanted with the status quo and became hippies. Later, some of these people became disenchanted with the hippie lifestyle and became Jesus people.

The Jesus movement was a movement in beginning on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s and spreading primarily through North America, Europe and Australia, before dying out by the early 1980s. It was the major Christian element within the hippie counterculture, or, conversely, the major hippie element within some strands of Protestantism. Members of the movement were called Jesus people, or Jesus freaks.

The Jesus movement left a legacy of various denominations and other Christian organizations, and had an impact on both the development of the contemporary Christian right and the Christian left. Jesus music, which grew out of the movement, greatly influenced contemporary Christian music.

Those of who were involved in the Jesus Movement eventually became involved in a local Church and the whole movement was adsorbed by the established church and died.

Now disenchanted once again with the status quo and organised religion, there is a growing trend of original Jesus People to distance themselves from the organised religion. They're starting to ask the tough questions and the established Church is seemingly unable or unwilling to answer them.

We'll be posting various articles that relate to trends - because they're posted doesn't mean we agree - it's all food for thought and at the end of the day we each make our own decisions. to be continued...