Hippies Turn Off Drugs’ Find ‘High’ in Christ!
By Kenneth W. Harrell, special to the Miami News, Miami News, Florida
May 3, 1969, North America
A small tribe of hippies has come here from Huntington Beach, Calif. as the vanguard of more ex-drug users who have found “high” in Christ and are trying to spread it around the country.
The group of 15 is staying at the home of Miami businessman Chrales Bledsoe, who is supporting and helping the group and likes to be thought of as their leader. Bledsoe lives at 275 NW 29th Ter., Hollywood.
One of them, a 27-year-old wanderer, Arny says, “We’re against organized religion.” Hearing that the Miami area was in need of a Christian movement, Arny and the others climbed aboard their Ford bus, and left California, the headquarters of the movement, called “Revolutionaries for Christ.”
Faith Dietrich, Arny’s 18-year-old wife spoke softly as she poured coffee for hippies.
Faith is an attractive blonde who knows the Bible as well as her husband (who spent months in the hills of California studying the Bible). Faith’s father is the leader of the main organization in Huntington Beach. Her brother is the head of the “Revolutionaries” in Tucson, Arizona.
“Everyone needs a purpose, she said, “and Christ is our purpose. This is not a religion—it is a reality through Christ.”
Speaking on the stage, Faith says that the day is coming when Christians will have to go underground. This is the period of the anti-Christ, she says.
“A lot of dark clouds are hanging over us and a lot of people are going to freak-out unless they know God.”