Small Church Acts Mega

Orginally published on Friday, October 12, 2007 at 7:55 AM
by Todd Rhoades

In another fascinating story at LarkNews.com, Horizon Christian Fellowship, a 15-member worship band cranks out praise songs and the pastor preaches with the aid of stadium lighting and jumbo-size screens. But the church, which is only eight months old, has an average attendance of just 28.

“If we build it, we believe they will come,” says pastor Rick Allen, 26, a recent Bible college graduate.

Ninety percent of the people who attend the church participate in the service somehow, either in short dramas, humorous video clips or in traditional roles like ushering. This means that at times there is virtually no audience.

“We sit and listen in shifts,” says one woman who is the lighting tech, third camera operator, head greeter and fifth grade Sunday school teacher.

Instead of starting a church in some “depressing little storefront,” Allen says he decided to rent the biggest space he could find.

“It reflects our confidence in where we’re headed,” he says.

Get more on this story (and many others) at LarkNews.com here...

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