Editing Larry Norman (section)

===Hollywood street ministry===
Soon after Norman left People!, he had "a powerful spiritual encounter that threw him into a frenzy of indecision about his life [and] for the first time in his life, he received what he understood to be the Holy Spirit".<ref name="transformation1">Stowe 2011, p. 36-37.</ref>

In July 1968, following a job offer to write musicals for Capitol Records, Norman moved to [[Los Angeles]] where he "spent time sharing the gospel on the streets".<ref name="cbn.com">{{Cite web |title=Larry Norman |url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/artists/norman_larry.aspx |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=[[Christian Broadcasting Network]]}}</ref><ref name="Philip Cooney 2008">{{Cite web |last=Cooney |first=Philip |date=January 30, 2008 |title=Here I am, talking about Jesus just the same: Larry Norman at 60 |url=http://www.matthiasmedia.com.au/briefing/longing/5087/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720083535/http://matthiasmedia.com.au/briefing/longing/5087/ |archive-date=July 20, 2008 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=The Briefing}}</ref> As he described in 2006: "I walked up and down [[Hollywood Boulevard]] several times a day ... witnessing to businessmen and hippies, and to whomever the Spirit led me. I spent all of my Capitol Records' royalties starting a halfway house and buying clothes and food for new converts."<ref name="growth">{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Larry |date=October 11, 2006 |title=Larry Norman: The Growth Of The Christian Music Industry |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Larry_Norman__The_Growth_Of_The_Christian_Music_Industry/24341/p2/ |website=[[Cross Rhythms]]}}</ref><ref name="Kittle-p121">{{Cite book |last=Kittle |first=Glenn D. |title=The Jesus Kids and their Leaders |date=1972 |publisher=Warner Paperback Library |page=121}}</ref> He was initially associated with the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luddick |first=Betty |date=July 11, 1972 |title=Jeane Dixon's Crystal Ball Gets a Workout |page=G1 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and its Salt Company coffee house outreach ministry,<ref name="normanjm">{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Larry |title=The Jesus Movement - Singing A New Song |url=http://www.one-way.org/lovesong/norman.htm |access-date=October 5, 2014 |website=One-Way.org}}</ref><ref name="digit">{{Cite web |date=October 21, 1969 |title=Can You Dig It? |url=http://www.hollywoodfreepaper.org/archive.php?id=3 |access-date=October 5, 2014 |volume=1 |number=2 |newspaper=The Hollywood Free Paper}}</ref> where he explored and pioneered the rock-gospel genre.<ref name="Kittle-p121" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Don |title=Call to the Streets: The Story of Don Williams |date=1972 |publisher=Augsburg Publishing House |location=Minneapolis, MN |page=23}}</ref>