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David Spencer's Favourite CCM Music

David Spencer's Favourite CCM (Contemporary Christian Music) artists.

1. Alex Acuña
2. The Archers
3. Steve Bell
4. Bruce Cockburn
5. Daniel Amos
6. DeGarmo & Key Band
7. Oden Fong
8. Don Francisco
9. Chuck Girard
10. Keith Green
11. Mark Heard
12. Hadley Hockensmith
13. Dallas Holm
14. Honeytre
15. Isaac Air Freight
16. Phil Keaggy
17. Mylon LeFevre
18. Abraham Laboriel
19. Love Song
20. Barry McGuire
21. Bill Maxwell
22. Mustard Seed Faith
23. Larry Norman
24. Dan Peek
25. Michele Pillar
26. Randy Stonehill
27. Pat Terry
28. Matthew Ward

Source: http://www.one-way.org/jesusmovement/signs/signs02.htm

Learn About the Jesus Music Movement

• History of the Jesus Movement by David di Sabatino, Mississauga, Ontario 1997
• 
  Source:one-way.orgCover of Life Magazine June 30, 1972
  Explo '72 "80,000 young people from across the U.S. and from 75 foreign lands, shouting, singing, praying and praising His name in a mammoth burst of Christian zeal. "A religious Woodstock," said Billy Graham of Explo '72. The gathering was sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ International, an evangelical, theologically conservative group with an ambitious goal: to take the message of Jesus to every individual in America by 1976, and the whole world by 1980. In addition to attending evangelistic training sessions in 65 Dallas-area locations, the young people listened to hours of rock religious music and heard encouragement from Graham, Dallas Cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach and Florida Governor Reubin Askew. At the end of the final night service held in the Cotton Bowl, 70,000 candles were lit in a brief ceremony" - from Explo '72 http://www.one-way.org/jesusmovement/explo/explo2.htm
  • Wikipedia: "Explo '72 was an evangelistic conference sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ, planned and directed by Paul Eshleman. Explo '72 has been called the most visible event of the 1970s Jesus movement,[1] and came to be associated with the same, even though its primary attendees were not directly involved in that movement." Wikipedia contributors. "Explo '72." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 12 Oct. 2010. Web. 6 Dec. 2010.
  • buy the Life Magazine from June 30, 1972
  • 
    the live LP recording from Explo '72
  • Remembering Explo ’72 Chaplain Mike comments "What a blast from the past to think about those days again! You know those baby boomers who’ve been leading churches for the past generation? This is the era in which they got their start. This was probably also the main event that kick-started “contemporary Christian music” (then called, “Jesus music”) into the limelight."
  • Time Magazine "Religion: The Jesus Woodstock" Monday, Jun. 26, 1972 ""Something historic is happening here," flashed a sign on an office building in downtown Dallas. Historic, maybe. Big for sure. Across—and well beyond—the city last week, more than 75,000 gospel-preaching young people and adults were jammed into hotels, motels and private homes, camping out in warehouses, truck terminals, school gyms and even the county jail. They had come from every state and 60 countries for an International Student Congress on Evangelism called EXPLO '72...read more"
  • Youtube video about Explo 72

• Toronto Catacombs - In 1968 Gord Morris and Don Rossiter desired to begin a Christian club on the campus of their Toronto high school. After approaching their music teacher Merv Watson who was also a Christian, they formed the Catacomb Club. By 1971 they had grown into a group of 850 and began meeting in St. Paul's Anglican Church where they held a Thursday night 'Praise and Worship Celebration' that at its peak attracted 2,500 enthusiastic teenagers. The core group eventually spawned a church that lasted into the late 1980s. - from Leaders- http://www.one-way.org/jesusmovement/leaders/leadrs1.htm
  • During the late 60’s and early 70’s, Merv and Merla Watson led the Toronto Catacombs, drawing from 2-3000 young folk per week, among whom was Benny Hinn who came to the Lord. It was developed out of Merv’s high school class. It met in St. Paul’s Cathedral and resulted in hundreds of young folk committing their lives to the Lord, well over 2000 baptized in the makeshift basement tank, and many going into fulltime Christian service in many parts of the world. Following this, they directed "Shekinah,” an international group of Christian musicians, singers, and dancers in presentations in Canada, Holland, the United States, Switzerland, England, and Israel. source http://www.mervandmerla.com/home.cfm