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Word: streater (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Back from Sin. One of the earliest efforts was a store-front ministry called the Living Room. It was the joint creation of three Bay Area evangelical ministers, John MacDonald of First Baptist Church in Mill Valley, John Streater of First Baptist in San Francisco, and Edward Plowman of Park Presidio Baptist Church in the city. To communicate with the hip settlers in Haight-Ashbury, the three hired Ted Wise, now 33, a burly Sausalito sailmaker and former drug user who had been converted through MacDonald. Before long, Wise decided that "to bring them back from sin," he first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Street Christians: Jesus as the Ultimate Trip | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

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