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Latest Holy Land Experience controversy: No charismatics allowed
"Business has been so good" at Orlando's Holy Land Experience tourist attraction, The Orlando Sentinel's Mark I. Pinsky reports, that the park "will have to compete in Central Florida's already tight labor market to double [its] overworked staff, from 75 to 150 employees. But [park founder Marvin] Rosenthal, an independent Baptist minister, acknowledged that Holy Land would not hire charismatic Christians for any position at the attraction, including selling hot dogs at the Oasis Café." That decision has caused a bit of confusion. The Sentinel reports that Clark Whitten, pastor of Calvary Assembly of God Church in Winter Park, would advise his 6,000 members not to go to the park. But Charisma News Service, part of the Orlando-based Strang Communications, reports that Whitten has "no plans to advocate a boycott of the theme park." Likewise, Charisma News Service reports that, according to the park's director of marketing and public relations, some charismatics are already working there. The park was earlier the focus of controversy when reports said it was targeting Jews for evangelism.

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