And scanty clothing was also in evidence at his rave-like Nine O’Clock Service (NOS), which began each Sunday night at 9pm for nearly a decade. With bikini-clad dancers cavorting on stage, some technical wizardry and celebratory dance music, the Nine O’Clock Service was designed to attract youngsters more used to clubbing than churchgoing. There they began attending St Thomas’s, a church where Brain’s growing influence led to him being invited to hold the first Nine O’Clock Service in 1985. He told Brain he would like to see a Nine O’Clock Service in every town and city in Britain, and invited him to contribute to a book he was writing about modern evangelism. There were allegations that he required members of the congregation to cut themselves off from friends and family.

Source: Daily Mail July 23, 2021 21:03 UTC