11. Like touring rock acts or tent revivals, both emanate live from different arenas every night. 12. Over the years, tent revivals in vacant lots across New York have become as much a part of summertime as humidity and haze. 13. Tent revivals still occur, but evangelism today is more visible on sidewalks and in public squares. 14. Sweating and smiling in the bright sunshine, the people swayed like a crowd attending a tent revival, but without the tent. 15. That tent revival was more than an inspirational moment. 16. The Church of the Nazarene, at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Madison Street, was having an outdoor tent revival across the street. 17. The only fury along commercial Fulton Street was the amplified voice of a preacher leading a sparsely attended tent revival. 18. The patriarch is Adrian Condit, a hard-shell Baptist preacher who would summon his young sons to sing hymns beside the pulpit at tent revivals. 19. Then, as Andersen aligned himself for the winning kick, an old-fashioned tent revival broke out on the Falcons bench. 20. They also took the children to a tent revival. |