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Log In. Browse Biographies. Quiz Are you a biography pro? A Albert Einstein. B Galileo Galilei. C Johannes Kepler. This all sounds too strange to be taken seriously, but one could argue that it is precisely at this point that American Evangelicalism goes awry. Not only was Lonnie Frisbee taken seriously as a convert, he was embraced by 60s and 70s-era evangelical leaders, and thrust into leadership positions himself.

All this despite the fact that Frisbee — though by now married — continued to use drugs and engage in homosexual liaisons. The House of Miracles grew and eventually spawned 19 communal houses.

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He became involved with the such fringe charismatic teachers as Kathryn Kuhlman. The post-World War II evangelical movement has produced many great and godly leaders. Billy Graham, Chuck Colson, J. But it has also produced more than a few men like Lonnie Frisbee. Wimber called Smith the next day to say he'd confronted Frisbee, who openly admitted to the affair and agreed to leave.

By his own account, [ 25 ] Frisbee was raped by a man who had attended one of Lonnie's revival meetings six years prior. Lonnie says "Over the next few weeks, this man began to spread it around that he had a sexual relationship with Lonnie Frisbee. He told people, including church leaders, that he had sex with me. Not true. I was violently forced at knifepoint totally against my will.

His lies caused me years of not being able to minister, as this accusation spread throughout the Christian community. I had become deceived and overpowered. I had been constantly accused of things, mostly of which I didn't doso why not live up to my reputation? That was more or less my subconscious justification for crossing the lines.

I blamed everyone else, including the church. However, Frisbee stated that he never characterized himself as a homosexual: " I said it was a counterfeit. But I would like to go into the subject a little more at this time I stated 'I never lived the gay lifestyle,' I would like to add that I have never even considered myself a homosexual at all, even though I had been molested for years as a child, had sexually experimented as a part of the rebellious 'free love generation' Di Sabatino said, "I brought to light some things that not a lot of people knew.

I've been in rooms with his family where I've had to tell them that he defined himself as gay, way back. Nobody knew that.

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There's a lot of hubris in that, to come to people who loved him and prayed for him, and to stand there and say, 'You didn't really know this, but At the time of his death ina brain tumor was named as the cause. A source claimed Frisbee contracted AIDS and died from complications associated with the condition; [ 11 ] At his funeral at the Crystal CathedralCalvary Chapel's Chuck Smith eulogized Frisbee as a spiritual son and said he was a Samson-like figure, saying that he was a man through whom God did many great works, but that he was the victim of his own struggles and temptations.

The theater is not far from the Blue Top commune, a Christian community of young hippie believers which was run by the Frisbees in the late s. The movie's theme is the rise of the Jesus Movement and features Frisbee as one of the film's main characters. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.

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Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Frisbee raises the stakes Liberal Christians that openly accept gay clergy in the name of inclusiveness and diversity might hesitate to accept a gay minister who speaks in tonguesclaims to have given sight to the blind or made the lame to walk. Conservative Christians might find themselves drawn to a mighty prayer warrior brave enough to walk in faith and claim the promises of scripture, but cast him aside if they found out he was involved in a same-sex relationship.

God used an obviously flawed and broken vessel to bring thousands of people into the kingdom—just like He did in the Bible. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.