28 Facts About Lonnie Frisbee

Lonnie Ray Frisbee was an American Charismatic evangelist in the late 1960s and in the 1970s; he was a self-described "seeing prophet".

Lonnie Frisbee was notable as a minister and evangelist in the Jesus movement.

Lonnie Frisbee influenced prophetic evangelists including Jonathan Land, Marc Dupont, Jill Austin and several others.

Lonnie Frisbee co-founded the House of Miracles commune and found many converts.

Lonnie Frisbee had an evangelical ministry while privately socializing as a homosexual man, before and during his evangelism career, although in interviews he said that he never believed homosexuality was anything other than sin in the eyes of God.

Lonnie Frisbee is portrayed by Jonathan Roumie in the 2023 film Jesus Revolution, which highlights his ministry with Chuck Smith and the impact he had on Greg Laurie's evangelism.

Lonnie Frisbee was mostly raised in a single-parent home and was exposed to "sketchy, dangerous characters" as a child.

Also revealed in the film was that Lonnie Frisbee ran away frequently and entered into Laguna Beach's homosexual underground scene with a friend when he was 15.

Lonnie Frisbee showed intense interest in the arts and cooking.

Lonnie Frisbee won awards for his paintings and even appeared as a featured dancer on Casey Kasem's mid-60s TV show Shebang.

Lonnie Frisbee exhibited a "bohemian" streak and regularly ran away from home.

Lonnie Frisbee moved to San Francisco where he had won a fellowship to the San Francisco Art Academy.

Lonnie Frisbee soon met members of Haight-Ashbury's Living Room mission.

Lonnie Frisbee converted to Christianity and joined their first street Christian community, The Living Room, a storefront coffeehouse commune of four couples in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco started in 1967.

Lonnie Frisbee quit the art academy and moved to Novato, California, where the Heefners and Wises set up a commune and later reconnected with his former girlfriend Connie Bremer, whom he then married.

Lonnie Frisbee designed a sign to put outside the house, but was informed that if he gave it an official name, it would no longer be considered a mere guest house and would be subject to renovations.

Lonnie Frisbee led the Wednesday night Bible study, which soon became the central night for the church attracting thousands.

Lonnie Frisbee's appearance helped appeal to hippies and those interested in youth culture, and he believed that the youth culture would play a prominent role in the Christian movement in the United States.

Lonnie Frisbee cited Joel the prophet and remained upbeat despite what the young couple saw as unbalanced treatment, as Frisbee was never paid for his work and another person was hired full-time as Smith's assistant.

Lonnie Frisbee walked on the beaches during the day to convert the young people; he brought them to church for the nightly services.

From 1968 to 1971, Lonnie Frisbee was a leader in the Jesus movement, bringing in thousands of new converts and influencing Calvary Chapel leaders including Mike MacIntosh and Greg Laurie, whom he mentored.

Smith discounted Pentecostalism, maintaining that love was the greatest manifestation of the Holy Spirit, while Lonnie Frisbee was strongly involved in theology which centered on spiritual gifts and New Testament experiences.

Lonnie Frisbee announced that he would leave California altogether and go to a movement in Florida led by Derek Prince and Bob Mumford which taught a pyramid shepherding style of leadership and was later referred to as the Shepherding Movement.

Lonnie Frisbee mentioned that in a sermon he gave at the Vineyard Church in Denver a few years before he died.

Lonnie Frisbee witnessed the explosive growth of Calvary Chapel and wanted to build a church which embraced the healings and miracles that he had previously been taught were no longer a part of Christian life.

Lonnie Frisbee began teaching and preaching about spiritual gifts and healings, but Wimber held that it wasn't until May 1979, when Frisbee gave his testimony during an evening service at what was then the Yorba Linda branch of the Calvary Chapel movement, that the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit took hold of the church.

Lonnie Frisbee was a much sought-after preacher with his "Jesus-like" look getting him instant recognition from South Africa to Denmark.

Lonnie Frisbee's lies caused me years of not being able to minister, as this accusation spread throughout the Christian community.