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In 1980, Frisbee became associated with John Wimber, whowas seeking to establish a “signs and wonders” ministry at theYorba Linda branch of the Calvary Chapels. Wimber calledmiracles “doing the stuff,” but he was unsuccessful in “doingthe stuff” until Frisbee spoke at his church. Aer Frisbeeasked all the young people under 25 to come forward andinvited the Holy Spirit to manifest His power, the roughly 300people fell on the floor “as if on a battlefield” and shook andspoke in unintelligible gibberish (David Roozen, Church,Identity, and Change). Wimber asked God if this was of Him,and that night a Calvary Chapel preacher named Tom Stipecalled him on the phone and said, “I have a word for you; theLord says, ‘is is me’” (“Lonnie Frisbee and the Jesus PeopleRevival,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OgfmU13sPI).Wimber should have tested the “Frisbee anointing” byScripture, but instead he depended on signs and extrascripturalprophecies.Some of the elders of Wimber’s church called for a meetingto discuss the Frisbee phenomena, but the same confusionbroke out to silence the protestors.“All of a sudden, I’m seeing this guy next to me, this Ph.D. inMicrobiology, begin to shake and he’s begun to shake underthe presence of God. e presence of God’s coming. So I beginto stand up. e power of God knocks this guy down and hebegan to roll under my feet on the ground, screaminghysterically. e power of God came down on everybody in theroom. And it was just absolutely mind-boggling” (JohnRuttkay, quoted in Frisbee: e Life and Death of a HippyPreacher).Frisbee had a leather jacket with a picture of “Jesus” on theback that he used to “impart the spirit.” e transference ofthe spirit is a pagan practice but it has been a major elementof Pentecostalism from its inception. Usually hands are usedas the transference agent, but Benny Hinn oen uses hisjacket or his breathe to transfer the spirit, and RodneyHoward-Browne has used a towel and other things.34