Pop dispensationalism and the Jesus People flourished in Southern California and beyond for much of the 1970s. The movement was soon a national phenomenon, visible in cities and college campuses from Seattle to Washington, DC. Billy Graham grew out his hair a little and capitalized on the youthful energy in his crusades. Explo ’72, a massive eighty-thousand-person rally organized by Campus Crusade for Christ in Dallas, attracted Graham, Johnny Cash, and Larry Norman, among others. The movement inspired most of the first generation of Christian rock musicians and roused some of the first
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