Religion Roundup
Tent Revival Draws Noise Complaints
Associated Press
August 20, 2008
CROWN POINT, Ind. - Officials in Crown Point, Indiana, are threatening to revoke a permit for a church's tent revival meeting after numerous noise complaints from neighbors.
Living Stones Fellowship was granted a permit to erect a tent on its property for a month-long prayer festival that runs daily until midnight.
Police Chief Pete Land says his department issued 10 citations to the church between July 31st and August 10th. One neighbor told a packed city council meeting Monday night that she has to turn on the air conditioning, the washer, the dryer and a fan to drown out the noise.
Pastor Ron Johnson Junior says the church will work with city officials. He says the noise comes from the cheering crowd, not from the music at the prayer festival.
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