I know, I know, the title of this blog entry is a bit dramatic, but....I've felt more reflective lately and wanted to get together with some old friends (old being a key word because we all turn 40 this year, unfortunately I was first). Aaron Wymer, a good friend from seminary is finishing DMIN classwork in Wilmore, KY at Asbury Theological Seminary, so Carter Booker, an even older friend from college who lives and teaches in Indianapolis and I meet Aaron in KY. We visited Cane ridge (historical information pilfered from Aaron's blog is below). It was really about seeing old friends. Good friends, good conversations, good times, and good food (sorry, I'm not trying to sound like a beer ad).
Cane Ridge in 60 seconds: In 1801 Barton W. Stone was the minister of the small Presbyterian Church near Paris, Kentucky. After visiting a Methodist Camp Meeting he decided to hold one at his church. And the rest is history. The meeting became a phenomenon that broke barriers of denominations and (some would say) propriety. Over 20,000 people wound up flocking here from all over. A documentary on Kentucky Public Television claims that this number would be roughly the equivalent of 200,000 people today.There were all sorts people moved to become Christians along with a barrage of manifestations of the Holy Spirit. One of the lasting impacts of the meeting for Barton W. Stone was the realization that he could so easily worship with Christians from other denominations. It became a defining event in his life and then in the life of the churches that grew out Stone's influence.
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