Do y'all know anyone else?!

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Sherri

Drew Carey was raised Pentecostal. Denzil Washington still attends a Pentecostal church In California (Charles Blake's).

Thank you, girl...I mentioned Denzil in answering a post, but didn't know about DC...interesting...

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by Barb

Thank you, girl...I mentioned Denzil in answering a post, but didn't know about DC...interesting...

I heard him on Letterman one night talking about the feeling of euphoria that comes over him when he stands before a crowd and they are applauding. He said that the only thing he can compare it to is the good feeling he used to have in an old Pentecostal altar service as a kid. Kind of a strange analogy, but it was interesting coming from him!

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I heard him on Letterman one night talking about the feeling of euphoria that comes over him when he stands before a crowd and they are applauding. He said that the only thing he can compare it to is the good feeling he used to have in an old Pentecostal altar service as a kid. Kind of a strange analogy, but it was interesting coming from him!

Wow, it sure is...thankx again, girl...

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I heard him on Letterman one night talking about the feeling of euphoria that comes over him when he stands before a crowd and they are applauding. He said that the only thing he can compare it to is the good feeling he used to have in an old Pentecostal altar service as a kid. Kind of a strange analogy, but it was interesting coming from him!

The interview where he says this is found here, about midway down the page:

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/...ranscript.html

Here's an excerpt:

Carey: Um, I was raised in a Pentecostal church.
Tavis: So was I.
Carey: Yeah. Actually, I wasn't. I was raised Protestant, and I went to Pentecostal church when I was 13. I got saved when I was 13, and you know the feeling when you're at the altar call, and you're filled with the Holy Spirit and you feel like you're floating?
Tavis: I've been there.
Carey: That's what it felt like.
Tavis: Right.
Carey: That's exactly what it felt like. And it's hard to explain to people who haven't had that kind of experience, but it's all pure emotion. Like if you've ever seen or been with somebody at a Pentecostal church when they have the altar call. And it's just a church, not a TV show. I'm talking about just the church where it's just you and the believers in the church, and you can really let go and give it all up, and you just get filled with this energy. There is like a spirit and an energy floating around, and, uh, you know, the Pentecostals call it the Holy Spirit. You can call it whatever you want, but there's something there, and you do go through like a psychological joy that just overflows you and kind of takes you over, and that's what I felt like when I was on “The Tonight Show.” When I walked out and I did my set, and I was very aware that I've never been more in a moment or alive or present and all those things that people look for than I was right then.

[Neck]

Elvis Presley was AG and was Baptized in JN in 1975 after attending a UPCI camp meeting.

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Neckstadt

Elvis Presley was AG and was Baptized in JN in 1975 after attending a UPCI camp meeting.

yes...forgot 'the king', too...

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by Subdued

The interview where he says this is found here, about midway down the page:

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/...ranscript.html

Here's an excerpt:

Carey: Um, I was raised in a Pentecostal church.
Tavis: So was I.
Carey: Yeah. Actually, I wasn't. I was raised Protestant, and I went to Pentecostal church when I was 13. I got saved when I was 13, and you know the feeling when you're at the altar call, and you're filled with the Holy Spirit and you feel like you're floating?
Tavis: I've been there.
Carey: That's what it felt like.
Tavis: Right.
Carey: That's exactly what it felt like. And it's hard to explain to people who haven't had that kind of experience, but it's all pure emotion. Like if you've ever seen or been with somebody at a Pentecostal church when they have the altar call. And it's just a church, not a TV show. I'm talking about just the church where it's just you and the believers in the church, and you can really let go and give it all up, and you just get filled with this energy. There is like a spirit and an energy floating around, and, uh, you know, the Pentecostals call it the Holy Spirit. You can call it whatever you want, but there's something there, and you do go through like a psychological joy that just overflows you and kind of takes you over, and that's what I felt like when I was on “The Tonight Show.” When I walked out and I did my set, and I was very aware that I've never been more in a moment or alive or present and all those things that people look for than I was right then.

Oh, yeah---sorry, I thought it was on Letterman. Thanks for clarifying that.

[Neck]

Phil Jackson of the the famed Chicago Bulls and now the Lakers coach. Was Pentecostal, today he is a confessed Buddist.

[Neck]

Robert Duvall while being interviewed in 1997 when the movie the Apostle was released talked about members of his family being Pentecostal.

He stated he believed in speaking in Tounges.

He actually influenced parts of the movie it the church scenes...

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by Sherri

Oh, yeah---sorry, I thought it was on Letterman. Thanks for clarifying that.

Oh, please don't apologize. I didn't post this to "correct" you.