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The Sun<\/em> (UK)
\n(courtesy Deception in the Church<\/a>)<\/p>\n

WILD-EYED and out of control, the clubbers flail wildly to a booming beat.<\/h2>\n

With sweaty clothes clinging to their backs, some people even pass out.<\/p>\n

While this could easily be mistaken for a dodgy booze and drug-fuelled party, there is something very different about Sloshfest.<\/p>\n

The revellers are party loving Christians who don’t drink or take drugs – but say their euphoria is down to the power of God and their seeming drunkenness due to “God-ka” and the “yum rum of Heaven”.<\/p>\n

Last weekend around 600 people attended the annual rave-like event – where no alcohol or drugs are available – at the dowdy Dolphin Club in Barry Island, South Wales. Now in its fourth year, it attracts visitors from alternative churches around the UK.<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/features\/2817306\/The-ravers-who-get-high-on-God.html#ixzz0dhRGnmCE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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