Continuity in Collapse: Departures from Shiloh.

This article analyzes the long-term impact of the Shiloh Youth Revival Centers, the largest Jesus People movement of the early 1970s, on its former members. It examines the movement's sustained influence on former members who were part of the group's central core of about 5,000 committed individuals. Shiloh engendered a basic change in their priorities and life choices. After the movement collapsed in 1978, Shilohites did not return to the mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic faiths in which most of them were raised. Instead, they entered strict, conservative religions. Although they departed from Shiloh, they did not disengage. Information about the sustained impact of Shiloh suggests the need for more research about the long-term effects of movement membership upon individuals who no longer belong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]