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On January 20th, 1994, the congregation in The Toronto Airport Vineyard Church stood to pray…then all 120 of them fell to the floor, convulsing with tears of joy and uncontrollable laughter. It happened again the next night and the next. It carried on almost every night…for twelve years. Word spread across the world that God was at work, yet critics were horrified to see believers rolling in the aisles and roaring like animals.
Was it a genuine miracle or group hysteria?
I’m Peter Laws, and I’d like to invite you to church. Because tonight on Our Curious Past we explore ‘The Strange Story of The Toronto Blessing.’
Sources:
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43175162.pdf
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Main_Street_Mystics/JuokG3nJmAYC?hl=en&gbpv=0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCuFc0wpO2w
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/adrianwarnock/2005/05/toronto-blessing-11-years-ago-this/
https://www.methodist.org.uk/media/2072/fo-statement-the-toronto-blessing-1996.pdf
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