Center Stage for a Pastor Where It's Rock that usually Rules
"At the Logan Square Auditorium here one recent night, Rob Bell arrived in a rock band tour bus and strode past posters for Cheap Sex, a punk band performing at the hall later this summer. Following a T-shirted bouncer through the sold-out crowd of about 450, Mr. Bell hopped onto the stage.
"Of his new secular venues, Mr. Bell said, "I just thought, What are the places my brother and I like to go to?" The answer: where bands play.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and earth," he began, without introduction. "Now, it's a very old book."
"This, Mr. Bell believes, is what church can look like. For the hall's bartenders, it was the start of a slow night.
"Mr. Bell, 35, is the pastor and founder of Mars Hill Bible Church, an independent evangelical congregation in Grandville, Mich., outside Grand Rapids. The church has a weekly attendance of 10,000 and meets in a former mall."
Read the rest in today's New York Times.
"Of his new secular venues, Mr. Bell said, "I just thought, What are the places my brother and I like to go to?" The answer: where bands play.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and earth," he began, without introduction. "Now, it's a very old book."
"This, Mr. Bell believes, is what church can look like. For the hall's bartenders, it was the start of a slow night.
"Mr. Bell, 35, is the pastor and founder of Mars Hill Bible Church, an independent evangelical congregation in Grandville, Mich., outside Grand Rapids. The church has a weekly attendance of 10,000 and meets in a former mall."
Read the rest in today's New York Times.
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