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'Jesus People' Baptize A Convert, John Toner (centre) stands in the chilly water at Centre Island yesterday waiting for total immersion baptism into t(...)
'Jesus People' Baptize A Convert, John Toner (centre) stands in the chilly water at Centre Island yesterday waiting for total immersion baptism into t(...)

'Jesus People' Baptize A Convert, John Toner (centre) stands in the chilly water at Centre Island yesterday waiting for total immersion baptism into t(...)

Date5/9/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: 'Jesus People' Baptize A Convert; John Toner (centre) stands in the chilly water at Centre Island yesterday waiting for total immersion baptism into the faith fo the Jesus People by Tom Cadieux (left) and Brian Liberman.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013224F
A Jesus people convert with hands outstretched returns to shore on the Toronto Islands after being baptized in the harbor waters in September, 1971. T(...)
A Jesus people convert with hands outstretched returns to shore on the Toronto Islands after being baptized in the harbor waters in September, 1971. T(...)
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Harry Spencer of Petrie Way, Clarkson, and Read Myer, pastor of the Lakeview Alliance Tabernacle, baptize 12-year-old Rosalea Wiscombe yesterday in Sp(...)
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Enthusiastic Crowd of young people sing and clap at Toronto's first mass rally for Jesus People held in Queen's Park last Sunday. The Jesus Movement i(...)
Enthusiastic Crowd of young people sing and clap at Toronto's first mass rally for Jesus People held in Queen's Park last Sunday. The Jesus Movement i(...)
5/5/1971
The Message is Jesus announced the leader of the band at last Sunday's Jesus People rally in Toronto and the musicians struck up: Put your hand of the(...)
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5/2/1971
A girl sings at jesus people rally, Movement is catching on among young people
A girl sings at jesus people rally, Movement is catching on among young people
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Religious Customs - Jesus People
Religious Customs - Jesus People
4/2/1975
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Religious Customs - Jesus People
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At Camp Kirjatharba on Round Lake near Pembroke, the leader of the Jesus People's conference, Robert Vellick, 39, (right) discusses with visitors the (...)
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Vicharu Das, an official of the movement, stands in front of the Avenue Rd
Vicharu Das, an official of the movement, stands in front of the Avenue Rd
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Ecstatic gesture of a worshipper at a Toronto Jesus Music Festival is typical of the new Revivalism
Ecstatic gesture of a worshipper at a Toronto Jesus Music Festival is typical of the new Revivalism
5/27/1974
Wandering eyes: Hamzah Qureshi, 6, is caught in a restless moment during the Eid-ul-Adha festive celebrations that attracted thousands of Muslims to the Metro East Trade Centre yesterday
Wandering eyes: Hamzah Qureshi, 6, is caught in a restless moment during the Eid-ul-Adha festive celebrations that attracted thousands of Muslims to the Metro East Trade Centre yesterday
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