The first Florida Campmeeting where I actually stayed inside the whole time (as opposed to making numerous trips around the tabernacle, hearing the sermons, but tending to be waiting to strike the snow cone stand at the most opportune time), was in, I believe, 1979 (I think). Ronald Brock preached.I would imagine that any Camp Meeting today would be overjoyed to have had a Ronald Brock in his prime!I can’t remember the all of them or the order very well anymore, but after him, there was C.R. Spain, Lamar Vest, Paul L. Walker, on and on. All of them would have brought the house down in most Camp Meetings today.HOWEVER, the best Campmeeting I have HEARD of (I was there, but was only 9 years old or so) was the 1972 Florida Campmeeting with Paul Henson. Both my dad AND Paul Henson said that it was something special. In 1990, I went to the WNC one (Dennis McGuire was the overseer). T.L. Lowery preached a wonderful campmeeting that touched me in the most wonderful way…and at the most needed time, I believe.
In 1959 Paul Henson had preached for CH Matthews in Biloxi. I think he was the Miss youth Director. In front of Fred Brennen and our trailers, I saw the man work a hulla hoop. I knew then this was my kind of preacher! LOLBUT YES even at a young age the man could PREACH, and I think he would fit today! (Where there are real camp meetings.) Henson A special man! ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
I hear that Kevin’s wife can out preach him however with the way she dresses she would get kicked off the old time camp meeting circuit________________
Kevin himself said on stage with his wife that she could out preach him and that was the opinion of many in the church. The way she was dressed she would not have been acceptable in an old fashion camp meeting. ________________
In the first place, the OP is about how preachers back then would be received today, NOT how preachers today would be received back then.Are you trying to get things backwards on purpose?
If the word is preached and not pet subjects (hair, pants, make-up, etc.) it should be received regardless.going back 40 years, most of what I remember was walking around and around and around the tabernacle though so I am not a good person to ask.
Bonnie – You really crack me up sometimes! My dad had a reel to reel tape recorder back in the day & he used it to record music and sermons and such. I heard my parents talk for years about a sermon preached at a local campmeeting (Snowd Branch, ENC) in 1961 called Holiness – External, Internal, and Eternal by Roy Burroughs. The tape was transferred to a cassette at some point, and I heard it as an adult. I fully expected it to be a lot of clothesline preaching, but honestly, it wasn’t. It was one of the best sermons I’ve ever heard about holiness. Sure wish I still had a copy.I think preaching like that (and much of its day) would still be accepted today, though I guess it would depend upon who they were preaching to________________More of Him…less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name
Well, let’s see….
The first Florida Campmeeting where I actually stayed inside the whole time (as opposed to making numerous trips around the tabernacle, hearing the sermons, but tending to be waiting to strike the snow cone stand at the most opportune time), was in, I believe, 1979 (I think). Ronald Brock preached.I would imagine that any Camp Meeting today would be overjoyed to have had a Ronald Brock in his prime!I can’t remember the all of them or the order very well anymore, but after him, there was C.R. Spain, Lamar Vest, Paul L. Walker, on and on. All of them would have brought the house down in most Camp Meetings today.HOWEVER, the best Campmeeting I have HEARD of (I was there, but was only 9 years old or so) was the 1972 Florida Campmeeting with Paul Henson. Both my dad AND Paul Henson said that it was something special. In 1990, I went to the WNC one (Dennis McGuire was the overseer). T.L. Lowery preached a wonderful campmeeting that touched me in the most wonderful way…and at the most needed time, I believe.
In 1959 Paul Henson had preached for CH Matthews in Biloxi. I think he was the Miss youth Director. In front of Fred Brennen and our trailers, I saw the man work a hulla hoop. I knew then this was my kind of preacher! LOLBUT YES even at a young age the man could PREACH, and I think he would fit today! (Where there are real camp meetings.) Henson A special man! ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
I think Ray Hughes style and content would still be well received in most any Pentecostal church/convention________________
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Who’s Kevin?
I hear that Kevin’s wife can out preach him however with the way she dresses she would get kicked off the old time camp meeting circuit________________
Dude – this post is not cool. Retract it________________
tell me what part of the post is not cool and I will respectfully edit it, thanks________________
Kevin himself said on stage with his wife that she could out preach him and that was the opinion of many in the church. The way she was dressed she would not have been acceptable in an old fashion camp meeting. ________________
In the first place, the OP is about how preachers back then would be received today, NOT how preachers today would be received back then.Are you trying to get things backwards on purpose?
In fairness, Mr Page has not shown any propensity for reading – so maybe it was an honest mistake________________
Like ole Sheriff Taylor told Ernest T. Bass, You’re not ‘no account,’ you’re just ignorant.?
If the word is preached and not pet subjects (hair, pants, make-up, etc.) it should be received regardless.going back 40 years, most of what I remember was walking around and around and around the tabernacle though so I am not a good person to ask.
Bonnie – You really crack me up sometimes! My dad had a reel to reel tape recorder back in the day & he used it to record music and sermons and such. I heard my parents talk for years about a sermon preached at a local campmeeting (Snowd Branch, ENC) in 1961 called Holiness – External, Internal, and Eternal by Roy Burroughs. The tape was transferred to a cassette at some point, and I heard it as an adult. I fully expected it to be a lot of clothesline preaching, but honestly, it wasn’t. It was one of the best sermons I’ve ever heard about holiness. Sure wish I still had a copy.I think preaching like that (and much of its day) would still be accepted today, though I guess it would depend upon who they were preaching to________________More of Him…less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name