Greg Laurie Describes How Lonnie Frisbee Went ‘Off the Rails’
“In the film, early on when, before he was a Christian and when Chuck first meets Lonnie, Lonnie says to Chuck, ‘We did everyone and everything,'” Laurie said, further describing Frisbee’s behavior: “This was in his background. But during the time of the Jesus Movement, I never saw or heard of anything of that kind and I don’t believe it was happening at all in his life.”
Frisbee later found Christ. Then, as part of the Jesus Movement, he was a passionate and unique evangelist—within the hippie culture—and had a profound impact on Laurie’s life.
Then, Frisbee left.
“I think it’s important to talk about this because Lonnie, you know, left Calvary,” Laurie remembered. “He went up to Florida. I kind of lost touch with him for years. Then, I heard about what happened. So, I would say Lonnie fell away spiritually.”
“In his own books, he talks about how he was up partying. He started using drugs, and he was living immorally. I don’t know the specifics of his immorality—if it involved homosexual encounters.”
Laurie further described what happened to Frisbee, saying, “His marriage fell apart. I don’t know the details of that. He fell away and…it came out what he had been doing. He kind of kept re-emerging here and there, but not really seeming to get traction. Then, ultimately he gets AIDS.”
