Editing Jesus movement (section)

===Growth and decline===
Secular and Christian media exposure in 1971 and 1972 caused the Jesus movement to explode across the United States, which attracted evangelical youth eager to identify with the movement. While many other communes and fellowships sprang up, the [[Shiloh Youth Revival Centers|Shiloh]]  and [[Children of God (cult)|Children of God]] communities attracted more new believers.

Explo '72 was an event organized by the [[Campus Crusade for Christ]] which was held at the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] Stadium in [[Dallas]], and involved such conservative leaders as [[Bill Bright]] and [[Billy Graham]]. Many of the 80,000 young Jesus People attending Explo '72 discovered for the first time these and other traditional avenues of Christian worship and experience. Although Explo '72 marked the high-water mark of media interest, the Jesus movement continued at a grass roots level with smaller individual groups and communities.

The movement began to subside, largely concluding by the late 1980s,<ref>David Horn, John Shepherd, ''Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America'', Continuum International Publishing Group, USA, 2012, p. 139</ref> but left a major influence in Christian music, youth and church life.<ref>Larry Eskridge, ''God's Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America'', Oxford University Press, USA, 2013, p. 266-267</ref>