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more than elbow room for each other. But hundreds of others left before Evans issued the call, apparently worried about the traf- fic outside the stadium. Sheila Campbell of Sumter called the event “awesome-some- thing South Carolina needs.” Pam Phil- lips of Columbia brought her two children, Matthew, 12, and Melody, 10, because she wanted them to experience the event. Their father, the Rev. Steve Phillips, minister of music at First Baptist Church of Columbia, directed the volunteer choir and brought home considerable enthusiasm after the choir rehearsals, she said. “We wanted to come to say that we’re standing up for what this is about,” she said.
Allison Askins and Carolyn Click cover reli- gion. Askins can be reached at 771-8614 and Click can be reached at 771-8518. Their fax number is 771-8430.
1. Crecenia and Willie Jeter give praise at the Tony Evans crusade. More than 30,000 people attended the rally Sunday evening at Williams-Brice Stadium.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY LINDA STELTER/THE STATE
2. Dallas evangelist Tony Evans rouses the crowd.
3. Katie Bland, leaning, and others spend the last few minutes of the crusade in prayer.
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