Frisbee The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher (2005)

"What do you do when the Jesus freak who started your church dies from AIDS Simple Erase him from history"Movie
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Frisbee The Life and Death of a Hippie Preacher
StarringMel WhiteTroy PerryLonnie Frisbee
DirectorDavid Di Sabatino
WriterDavid Di Sabatino
NR 1 hr 45 minApr 24th, 2005Documentary
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Plot
Lonnie Frisbee was a young hippie seeker fully immersed in the 1960s counter culture when he claimed to have experienced an encounter with God while on an acid trip This event so transformed him that Lonnie became an itinerant Christian evangelist something of a John the Baptist of Southern California who compelled thousands of fellow spiritual seekers to make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ During the 1970s Lonnie Frisbee became widely known as Californias hippie preacher the quintessential Jesus freak whose pictures frequented such magazines as Time and Life as the media told the story of a burgeoning Jesus movement Lonnie Frisbee provided the charismatic spark that launched the Calvary Chapel church into a worldwide ministry and propelled many fledgling leaders into some of the most powerful movers and shakers of the evangelical movement

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Theatrical Release:April 24th, 2005
On DVD & Blu-ray:June 24th, 2008 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:David Di Sabatino