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Giant revival tent lands in Spangle

By: Tracy Simmons

Date:

June 16, 2012

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SPANGLE — Revival meetings are under way in the largest tent in Eastern Washington. According to Spokane county officials, the mammoth 19,000 square-foot tent is the biggest temporary structure of its kind in the inland Northwest.

The tent is part of the 133rd annual Seventh-day Adventist camp meeting, a tradition started in 1879. Adventists from around the Northwest gather each spring for a time of worship and inspiration, equipping members for Christian service.

The camp meeting, located on the grounds of Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Wash., is open to the public and features meetings for all ages. More than 2,500 people are expected to attend this weekend.

Locally, the Seventh-day Adventist church has more than 25,000 members, 132 churches and 28 schools.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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