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MIDLAND, N.C., April 29 /Christian Wire Service/ -- On Thursday, May 5th the Carolina Cowboy Church will open at the Southern Winds Arena in Midland. The church is one of eleven cowboy church organized by Pastor Jeff Smith and the Cowboy Church Network in less than two years. Smith is the senior pastor at Young Memorial Baptist Church in Concord.
"I get a kick out of sharing the gospel saddle to saddle," said Smith. The only problem is I can't get cowboys to come to our traditional church on Sunday. When I invite them I hear the same old excuses - 'I don't have a suit' or 'Sunday is the only day I have to ride'. I decided if they would not come to church, we would take church to them.
"Smith rented the local bullriding arena and invited every cowboy he could find. At the first cowboy church on the first night, 68 people attended and five people committed their lives to Christ. Within a few months the attendances topped over 100 people. In the first year they witnessed over eighty professions of faith."
A typical service at the Cowboy Church opens in the outdoor arena with a horseback presentation of flags along with the national anthem. Baptism takes place on a flatbed trailer.
Each new believer stands before the crowd and confesses Jesus as his/her Lord and Saviour before being immersed under water in the horse trough.http://www.earnedmedia.org/cowboy0429.htm
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