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(August 20, 2008)--Officials in Crown Point, Ind. threatened to revoke a permit for a church's tent revival meeting after numerous noise complaints from neighbors.

Living Stones Fellowship was granted a permit to erect a tent on its property for a month-long prayer festival that runs daily until midnight.

Police Chief Pete Land says his department issued 10 citations to the church between July 31 and Aug. 10.

One neighbor told a packed city council meeting Monday night that she has to turn on the air conditioning, the washer, the dryer and a fan to drown out the noise.

Pastor Ron Johnson, Jr. said the church will work with city officials.

He says the noise comes from the cheering crowd, not from the music at the prayer festival.


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Posted by: Think about this Location: Temple on Aug 29, 2008 at 01:52 PM
Famous words: For years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?" In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school .The Bible says Thou Shalt Not Kill, Thou Shalt Not Steal, and Love Your Neighbor As Yourself. And we said OK. Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK. Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW." Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.

Posted by: David Location: Arizona on Aug 21, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Leave them alone!There is a lot of noise in the world but this is the one noise that deserves to be here! The bible says to make a joyful noise unto the Lord! Your neighborhood, town, county, state....our nation needs this kind of NOISE!! JESUS IS LORD!!

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