Jesus_Freaks_(youth_movement)

Jesus Freaks International

Jesus Freaks International

Voluntary association


Jesus Freaks International is a German evangelical Christian youth organization. The movement uses the Alpha and Omega symbol to represent Jesus Christ.

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History

Freakstock main stage in 2004

The Jesus Freaks movement was created in September 1991 in Hamburg, Germany by Martin Dreyer.[1]

Duane Pederson, who became one of the primary voices in the Jesus Movement in the United States during the 1970s, see parallels between that movement and the new German one.[2] Specifically, both movements were created from grass roots.[2]

Criticism

Critics cite the movement as leaning towards conservative fundamentalism,[3] and having the appearance of a closed society with a high level of peer pressure internally.[4] However, they point out that they provide ministry to drug abusers, the homeless, and others often marginalized by the mainstream church.[4][2]


References

  1. "About Jesus Freaks".
  2. Schrammek, Notker (2001). "Fundamentalistisch" (in German). Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt.
  3. Von Guido Walter (1996-01-22). "JESUS FREAKS: Gottes geile Truppe". FOCUS (4).



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