A little sidebar here. Jo C. mentioned Lonnie Frisbee, of the 1960/70s Jesus People movement, trying to equate the declining numbers in the LC with this movement. I'll just say this guy really puts the "freak" in the term "Jesus Freak" and I had not read about him before (thanks Jo!). What a character he was - into drugs, homosexuality . . . and Jesus too!
Too bad the Anointing didn't work in him like He did in me and so many others who were victims of the whole so-called "counter-culture" thing back then. Many of us, around the late 60s & early 70s, were miraculously saved out of that destructive lifestyle - PRAISE GOD! (FYI: one day I absolutely loved smoking pot. The next day I had an encounter with the living God and suddenly pot smoking wasn't my thing any more; I had simply and miraculously lost my "taste" for it!)
Jo, I also read where Chuck Smith broke with Frisbee in 1971 because of Frisbee's abhorrent lifestyle. Too bad others were negatively influenced so much by this controversial "Jesus Freak."
A couple articles for those who care to know more regrarding Frisbee:
Short Article about Lonnie Frisbee
Long Research Paper about Lonnie Frisbee