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April 14, 2008

Meet Tabby, Evangelist Star Of The Lord's Boot Camp

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Saturday night, 48 Hours: Mystery took a break from cold murder cases and teamed up with the creators of the popular 2006 horror documentary Jesus Camp to create The Lord's Boot Camp, a one hour special that follows three teen girls attending a training camp for evangelical missionaries in Florida. If you've seen Jesus Camp, this toned-down-for-prime-time special will annoy more than shock -- there's no talk of spiritual warfare, but the kids are told by their (creepy) leaders that they are here "not to feed people, not to build homes," but to evangelize. The unquestioned star of the special (which can be watched in its entirety on the CBS site) is a middle schooler named Tabby Taylor, whose focus on the bottom line makes her likely to complete her goal of "saving" 300 souls in one summer.

In this clip, Tabby hits a fairground in Indiana, where her aggressive prostheletyzing of a Mormon gets her in hot water:

As for the other girls in the special: they went to Africa, took some pretty pictures to "prove (they) were there," and came back home, where one of them got into drugs.

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Colin

God I hate people like that. When they come up to me I usually just try to say the most offensive things I can think of (kind of sad when they are usually just about evolution) until they go away.

Posted by: Colin profile link at 04/14/08 4:05 PM | Reply
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I think the real star of that clip is the exasperated boy that says "I don't know she just does it the best" in the high pitched voice.

Posted by: Elena at 04/14/08 6:28 PM | Reply
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Elliot

Evangelist's are like retarded car-salesmen.

Posted by: Elliot profile link at 04/15/08 12:50 AM | Reply
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You totally took this out of context! Umm, have you ever gone to Africa to give these kids much needed shoes and medical attention? I highly doubt it! Tabby was maybe a little too in-your-face, but how often do you see kids that young standing up for what they believe in? I would suggest going on a trip with them before criticizing Teen Missions.

Posted by: Sarah at 06/13/08 10:18 AM | Reply
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