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Methodists," he said. “It s not an individual dictatorship. We’re not a Jim Jones cult,” Savage said, noting that the county has five Pentacostal churches. Participants in the camp meeting come together from churches in Virginia and other states once a year for fellowship and worship, he added. Contributions at the camp meeting go “to pay the night’s speaker and other incidental expenses of the camp meeting itself,” Savage reported, adding that the camp site and buildings were paid for with local contributions.

Although acknowledging that the campmeeting was open to Pentacostal followers from anywhere in the country. Savage said the “bulk of support and attendance comes from a radius of 100 miles."

“What is this ‘Association’?” asked Herbert Barksdale.

Savage explained that the National Pentacostal Evangelical Association included ministers and congregation joined together, particulary for the camp meeting.

Sevan States “How many states does it cover,” asked Jem Massie.

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