“The Jesus Revolution Southern Style” is by Jimmy Hoppers.

“This is the eyewitness account of God’s revival on a small southern campus. We couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried.”

“The Jesus Revolution was more than what has been portrayed in movies and magazines. It was far more than hippies in California or megachurches or Christian music morphing into secular rock and roll. The Jesus Revolution was something more real than those who weren’t a part of it can ever imagine. It was a few brief years that transformed the lives of thousands, if not millions, all across this great land. From where we stood it appeared that the whole University of Tennessee Martin (UTM) campus was on fire.”

“We had no designated leader save for the Holy Spirit and what we did on those nights varied from week to week. We came together those nights having no preset agenda and no preconceived idea of what the Lord might do. I can’t speak for the others, but those meetings became the anchor of my spiritual walk. We would share what God had taught us individually since we had last come together and then we would seek the presence of the Lord collectively. Sometimes there was prophecy and interpretation, sometimes people would just share. Some were gifted teachers, others were encouragers, and some had the unique ability to gain insight from Scripture than many of us had missed.”

“We had gotten used to God doing something new and unexpected on campus almost daily.”

“There was no pressure to conform to anyone’s expectations. All that was required was that everyone did his best to love God with all his heart and soul and mind and strength. Everything else was optional. Our daily prayer was, like the song says, that we would increasingly become one in the Spirit and one in the Lord.”

“The University of Tennessee Martin (UTM) was fast becoming known in religious circles as a hotbed of spiritual activity and unbeknownst to us, what was happening on campus had become a frequent topic of conversation in local congregations. They seemed to be disappointed that we hadn’t become a feeder route for their individual churches. While we never discouraged attendance at a local church and many new Christians did deside to affiliate, most did not. “

“California and Tennessee are miles apart, not just geographically but culturally as well. We do things differently in the South. And although each of us has been commanded to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, the Lord our God, the Lord is One, and those west coast hippies and we southern hicks will one day stand hand in hand before the Throne together and proclaim that Jesus is Lord.”

“These unassuming students who had come to UTM from a variety of backgrounds had through the years forged a bond that would last the rest of this life and into the next. Even half a century later as I sit at my computer and type this final chapter, I still have to fight back the tears.”

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