Love (God) In Da Club (or Bar)

Here’s one for the ages…

SIDNEY, Ohio – Another round and amen! Beer was on tap and a mechanical bull inspired the sermon as a new church held its inaugural service in a western Ohio bar.

The Country Rock Church drew about 100 people to Sunday night’s meeting at the Pub Lounge in Sidney, 35 miles north of Dayton.

The barroom church is an offshoot of Sidney United First Methodist Church, whose head pastor says he’s been looking for creative ways to reach people in unconventional places.

The church’s Web site for its new branch advertises “Top regional bands, pizza, wings, rowdy fun & a short message.”

The Rev. Chris Heckaman says people really seemed to enjoy themselves so he expects the Country Rock Church will meet weekly.

Heckaman’s sermon compared staying on the bar’s mechanical bull to learning how to get along in life.

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“Rowdy fun and a short message?” Wow…well, isn’t this the Walmart of society’s Christian life.  Sin and repent in the same place huh?  I commend the pastor for being unorthodox, but he has a task in front of him.  I can’t even get my drunk Uncle to listen to me.  If he preaches from 1 Cor. 6:10 or Eph 5:18, then the congregation is gonna give him the SEOD (Side Eye of Death).