The Vietnam protests, the Civil Rights movement, the Hippies, Women's Liberation, and environmentalism were just some of the major players that helped take the society to the edge of chaos, directly leading to the birth of the Jesus Movement and their language expressed in Jesus Music, Jesus Rock, and later, the Contemporary Christian Music industry.

 

Woodstock (1969) and Kent State (1970) gave way to a hippie-like youth revival that was a product of a much larger Pentecostal Movement that was birthed around 1901 and evolved into the Protestant and Catholic Charismatic Renewals of the 1960s.  The Charismatic Movement exploded during the 1970s and branched out into a multitude of forms during the 1980s and 90s.

 

The Jesus Movement became counter to the worldly counter-culture of drugs, sex, cults, and rock music...bringing in millions of new believers to Christ during the decade.  (In 1950, there were about 50 million Pentecostals on the planet.  By 2000, there were 500 million Pentecostals.)

 

Coincidently, Los Angeles was the first main epicenter for Pentecostalism (the Azusa Revival) and the first main epicenter for Christian Rock music (Calvary Chapel) during the 1970s.  Artists and bands like Larry Norman, Love Song, Randy Stonehill, Daniel Amos were all from California..living and creating on the edge of the Jesus Movement.  The new music was soon transported across the nation.

 

Almost immediately, visionary Christians began to hold outdoor music festivals that also brought in preachers and speakers to teach the hungry visitors.  Festivals sprang up in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, England, Holland, and other locations...attracting thousands of campers of all ages.  The Charismatic Movement was in full swing.