Bad Times Draw Bigger Crowds to Churches
The sudden crush of worshipers packing the small evangelical Shelter Rock Church in Manhasset, New York - a Long Island town of yacht clubs and hedge fund managers - forced the pastor to set up an overflow room with closed-circuit TV and 100 folding chairs, which have been filled for six consecutive Sundays.
In Seattle, the Mars Hill Church, one of the fastest-growing evangelical churches in the country, grew to 7,000 members this fall, up 1,000 ...
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The Rev. Bernard of the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. said"When people are shaken to the core , it can open doors." If he's saying when people are scared they turn to God, the churches would be over-flowing. Not believing in organized religion (or organized baseball, Boy Scouts, or chess clubs for that matter,) I am still a religious person who believes in charity of man, not filling the coffers of !00 million dollar buildings.Rev. Terry Smith of Life Christian Church in West Orange says "We are at the front end of a 10 million dollar building. Am I worried about that, yes, but I'm more worried about my congregation. wonder what 10 million dollars could do for charity?