A praisepit is a colloquial name given to a

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which occurs at a

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Christian church service. The phrase was first coined in the late 1990s at the

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conference in

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, as a response to criticisms within the church regarding the increasingly

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ised manner of youth worship activities. Since then, the term has entered popular usage among young Australian pentecostal Christians, with some major west Australian conferences like Festivale and Phenomena using the word heavily in advertising.''Festivale 2007 Christian City Church'' 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2007 from {{cite web , url=http://ccchh.org.au/festivale/ , title=Festivale 2007 Christian City Church , accessdate=2007-07-14 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831172856/http://ccchh.org.au/festivale/ , archivedate=2007-08-31

References

Pentecostalism in Australia Syllabus-free dance