"Maranatha"
The local Bozeman Assemblies of God Church known as “Christian Center” sponsored the local Chi Alpha college youth ministry known locally as “Maranatha”. Most of the students in the group went there to regular Sunday services.
Maranatha was led by Pastor Dick Schroeder, who had been saved while going to college at Montana State University and stayed on after graduating, becoming its youth pastor along with his wife, Joy. Rod Ennis was the assistant pastor along with his wife, Marcie.
The group was on fire for Jesus with many of them coming out of a revival that had taken place the previous few years at Christian Center as it had swept through the local high school. Per the visions, dreams, and prophecies that came in from around the world, there were great expectations of more to come. Having had the vision while coming to Montana, I too had similar expectations.
This was a considerably different atmosphere than I had experienced in Springfield; not quite so religious from my point of view. Part of the result of being so far away from the International headquarters of the Assemblies of God possibly; to me, it was just a great experience. I dove in and learned lots my first year there.
It would be twenty years before I understood that one.