'Store front Churches' - they're springing up in cities all over the world. Here are some marvelous pictures!

The 'Store front Church' is a growing phenomenon across the world. We have plenty of them in cities across the cities of South Africa. Many of them promise spectacular feats (like curing insolvency, healing every disease (including AIDS), restoring love relationships, canceling bad debt, and even helping to make one better in bed!)

However, there are some more credible ones too... What I like about this model is that it locates the Church where the people are! These are Churches that are open for people to pop in during the week for a 10 minutes services.... Rather than the kind of churches where we expect people to 'come to us' at a very inconvenient time, on their only free morning of the week. I think that these 'micro churches' have a real part to play in helping persons to discover Christ.

Here's a marvelous pictorial overview of such Churches in Brooklyn, New York (I notice that this one is the Praise tabernacle (of deliverance...) AND that it has both a Bishop and an Elder! nice!):

Here's a handsome gallery of amateur photos of 100 Brooklyn storefront churches, a study in grand awnings and signage surmounting humble brick buildings. Link (via MeFi)

(Image: praisetabernacle2-vi.jpg, by rudayday)