LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY exotic_princess)

Those of us in Houston have seen the ads on tv, on signs in street medians around town, everywhere. CityFest Houston is coming to town this weekend.

I don't know if I blinked and missed it, but I had no idea who Luis Palau was or that this was a "Christian Revivial" festival until I read the news today.

I did some digging, and even found a d_c link in google from last year where dogemperor mentions he is 'virulently dominionist.' So that takes care of question one LOL

Here's what I found:

His wiki article

local tv news article about the festival

Statement of faith from his personal website

What is CityFest Houston?

Some background, including the following (towards the bottom of the page):

Palau is a member of COR (Coalition on Revival), a Reconstructionist/Dominionist organization dedicated to a social gospel/activism agenda that proposes to impose Biblical standards (e.g., Old Testament law) on unbelieving peoples and institutions.

I honestly had never heard of him or taken note of him before this. You can't drive around Houston without seeing signs for it, though... and correct me if I'm wrong, but I've not heard any advertisement mention that it's a Christian thing.

Note that I'm not knocking "Christian Festivals," I just wanted to do some background research on the guy holding it.