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altar call
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altar call
n.
A specified time at the end of a Protestant service when worshipers may come forward to make or renew a profession of faith. Also called invitation.


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They make us think of altar calls and people standing on street corners handing out Bible tracts.
Remsberg's documentary images of the white-trash antics at the annual Bean Blossom Boogie biker rally, the demonstrative communal prayer over the bikes, the altar calls, and the emotional outpourings of faith at the House of Prayer all illuminate the ardent accounts given by gang members of the clash to which they have borne witness between divine grace and redneck nihilism.
Last month, Andy Waddell of Maysel wrote to two Clay County elementary school principals protesting Christmas programs that included prayers and altar calls, where people can publicly proclaim they have been saved.
 
 
 
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