KUCAMPUS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, August 16, 1995
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Edmee Rodriguez / KANSAN
Youth from the Mustard Seed Christian Fellowship lead the service with praying and singing. Part of the fellowship's philosophy demands born-again followers to recruit others.
MUSTARD SEED Members find God,rebirth
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"It overcame my whole body, and I fell to the ground. I couldn't get up. I tried, but the Spirit kept me down. I was shaking with fear because I had experienced God's power."
That first experience was a long way from the time Studebaker spent practicing witchcraft. As a teenager, she was bored with life at home and discovered the mysterious practice.
"I was in every shadow and dark alley of Kansas City, prowling in bushes, wanting to drink other's blood," she said. "I was psycho."
She couldn't take any more of what was destroying her. She said the Holy Spirit wooed her, and she felt the presence of God at war with the devil. She repented her sins and gave herself to God.
Taylor said that sometimes troubled youths like Studebaker made the best Christians, because they had tried everything during their sinning days to feel better and finally had discovered that only Christ could provide them with pleasure.
"Teens go out and get high on drugs when they could get high on Jesus," Taylor said. "They go out and get drunk on beer when they could get drunk on the Holy Spirit. It is the real way without the hangover or the guilt."
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But the Mustard Seed Fellowship has not completely sold its philosophy to everyone.
"This is not the work of the Holy Spirit, I know that much," said Vogts, of the Redeemer Lutheran Church. "I don't know whether it is mass hysteria, psychological manifestation or the work of the devil. But if it is from the devil, it discredits the church."
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