Editing Jesus movement (section)

==History==
===Origins===
The terms ''Jesus movement'' and ''Jesus people'' were popularized by [[Duane Pederson]] in his writings for the ''Hollywood Free Paper''. In an interview with Sean Dietrich which took place on August 19, 2006, Pederson explained that he did not coin the phrase "Jesus People"; moreover, he credited a magazine/television interviewer who asked him if he was part of the "Jesus People". As a result, Pederson was credited to be the phrase's founder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/interview.php?id=1|title=The Hollywood Free Paper|website=hollywoodfreepaper.org|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-date=October 11, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011055158/http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/interview.php?id=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The term Jesus People is used to describe the group composed of outcast and anti-religious individuals who, during the 1960s and 1970s, turned towards the Christian faith and Jesus. They converted to Christianity and subsequently changed their lives to reflect the scripture and teachings of Jesus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prothero |first=Stephen |title=Mikkelsen Library {{!}} Augustana University |url=https://online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=18265&itemid=WE52&articleId=192514 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=augie.idm.oclc.org}}</ref>

During the 1970s, many younger generations were pulled away from the average structured lifestyle they were told to live, and instead turned to lifestyles that were referred to as counterculture. This new lifestyle consisted of exploring various drugs, paths of spirituality and religions. Despite the growing popularity of the counterculture, many young adults became confused, which led them to turn towards the church. People who identified as hippies came forward sharing their testimonies and the peace they found after turning towards the Jesus lifestyle.<ref name="Williams-2002">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Christina |date=2002 |title=W & M Scholar Works |url=https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5452&&context=etd&&sei-redir=1 |access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>

===Growth and decline===
Secular and Christian media exposure in 1971 and 1972 caused the Jesus movement to explode across the United States, which attracted evangelical youth eager to identify with the movement. While many other communes and fellowships sprang up, the [[Shiloh Youth Revival Centers|Shiloh]]  and [[Children of God (cult)|Children of God]] communities attracted more new believers.

Explo '72 was an event organized by the [[Campus Crusade for Christ]] which was held at the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] Stadium in [[Dallas]], and involved such conservative leaders as [[Bill Bright]] and [[Billy Graham]]. Many of the 80,000 young Jesus People attending Explo '72 discovered for the first time these and other traditional avenues of Christian worship and experience. Although Explo '72 marked the high-water mark of media interest, the Jesus movement continued at a grass roots level with smaller individual groups and communities.

The movement began to subside, largely concluding by the late 1980s,<ref>David Horn, John Shepherd, ''Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America'', Continuum International Publishing Group, USA, 2012, p. 139</ref> but left a major influence in Christian music, youth and church life.<ref>Larry Eskridge, ''God's Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America'', Oxford University Press, USA, 2013, p. 266-267</ref>

===Legacy===
Although the Jesus movement lasted no more than a decade (except for the [[Jesus People USA]] which continues to exist in Chicago), its influence on [[Christian culture]] can still be seen. Thousands of converts moved into leadership positions in churches and [[parachurch organization]]s. The informality of the Jesus movement's music and worship affected almost all evangelical churches.{{sfnp|Payne|2024}} Some of the fastest-growing U.S. denominations of the late 20th century, such as [[Calvary Chapel]],{{sfnp|Ream|2024}} Hope Chapel Churches, Victory Outreach, [[Association of Vineyard Churches|Vineyard Churches]], and [[Sovereign Grace Churches]], trace their roots directly back to the Jesus movement, as do parachurch organizations like [[Jews for Jesus]] and the [[contemporary Christian music]] industry.{{sfnp|Payne|2024}} Perhaps the most significant and lasting influence, however, was the growth of an emerging strand within evangelical Christianity that appealed to the contemporary youth culture'''.'''<ref>Stella Lau, ''Popular Music in Evangelical Youth Culture'', Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2013, p. 33</ref><ref>Bruce David Forbes, Jeffrey H. Mahan, ''Religion and Popular Culture in America'', University of California Press, USA, 2005, p. 103</ref><ref>Eileen Luhr, "Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture'' "... University of California Press(2009) {{ISBN|0-520-25596-8}}"</ref>

The culture of youth began to change far before the Jesus Movement of the '60's/'70s. Billy Graham, one of the leading evangelists of this time, started to see changes in youth during the late 1940s. Through the 1960s, college campuses all across the country were beginning to add campus ministries. Some of the organizations for this were [[Cru (Christian organization)|Campus Crusade for Christ]], [[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]], and [[InterVarsity Christian Fellowship]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eskridge |first=Larry |date=1998 |title="One Way": Billy Graham, the Jesus Generation, and the Idea of an Evangelical Youth Culture |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3170772 |journal=Church History |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=83–106 |doi=10.2307/3170772 |jstor=3170772 |issn=0009-6407|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[Jesus music]], which grew out of the movement, was very influential in the creation of various subgenres of contemporary Christian music during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, such as [[Jesus Culture]] and [[Hillsong Music|Hillsong]] in both America and the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schooloftherock.com/html/a_brief_history_of_contemporar.html|title=A Brief History of Contemporary Christian Music|website=schooloftherock.com|access-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref> This also led to the inclusion of new musical instruments in churches all over the world, such as guitars and drums, in addition to traditional musical instruments such as pianos and organs. Music in other parts of the world was also greatly influenced by the Jesus Movement, such as music in Central America. In Central America, [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] churches under the charismatic movement began to compose spiritual music called ''coros'' (fast-paced hymns) which is normally accompanied by dancing as worship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ag.org/top/beliefs/sptlissues_manifestations.cfm |title=Manifestations of the Spirit |access-date=August 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726123339/http://www.ag.org/top/Beliefs/sptlissues_manifestations.cfm |archive-date=July 26, 2009 }}</ref>

The topic was the subject of the 2023 film ''[[Jesus Revolution]]''.