Cowboy Churches

[HappyChristian]

I remember back in the eighties when I driving the big rigs over the road that some truck stops would have a trailer parked on their lot with a church in it.  There would be a preacher in there to talk to and sermons on Sunday for the truckers or anyone else that happened to be around on that day.  I don't know if they are still around but I hope so.

 

God bless,

Larry.

There are a few men in our church who go to truck stops on Sunday afternoons and hold services there.  There have been a number of truckers saved through the ministry. We often see them in church as they come through the area again.

[Ukulelemike]

i BELIEVE THE COWBOY CHURCH THING BEGAN BY PROVIDING SERVICES AT TIMES AND PLACES WHERE TRUE, ACTIVE COWBOYS, WHO OF COURSE ARE BUSY 7-DAYS PER WEEK, CAN BE ACCOMODATED.

 

A friend of mine had a ministry at a cattle auction that was did most of its business on Sundays-there were many Christians who made their living at auctions, and kind of had no other choice, so he had services at the auction, so they could be a part.

 

But like many ministries with good starts, I think it has become a 'thing', a theme-church and no longer a necessary ministry in many cases. We have a 'cowboy church' out here with a woman preacher, so yeah, they aren't all biblical.

[swathdiver]

Aren't they really chapels then?  I place for the wayward to meet when they're not at home with their local church?  Is it biblical or ecumenical?  Or is it plain ole evangelizing/preaching from the street corner?

[Ukulelemike]

Aren't they really chapels then?  I place for the wayward to meet when they're not at home with their local church?  Is it biblical or ecumenical?  Or is it plain ole evangelizing/preaching from the street corner?

A lot of them have no home church due to the business they are in, so this would serve as their regular assembly, though really it serves more as a temporary chapel or ministry. Kind of like what I did when I cut my teeth preaching weekly at a local nursing home-this was their church, as they had no choice to go elsewhere. It was my preaching ministry, and their assembly.

[Arbo]

and what is steampunked?

 

Sounds flatulence-related.

[ThePilgrim]

Sounds flatulence-related.

Close, sorta. 

 

God bless,

Larry

[ASongOfDegrees]

I remember back in the eighties when I driving the big rigs over the road that some truck stops would have a trailer parked on their lot with a church in it.  There would be a preacher in there to talk to and sermons on Sunday for the truckers or anyone else that happened to be around on that day.  I don't know if they are still around but I hope so.

 

God bless,

Larry.

I drove 18 wheeler for five years in the 2000's. There are still some of these little chapels for truckers around the nation. I remember one at a truck stop near Fredericksburg, VA.

[AVBibleBeliever]

Sounds flatulence-related.

It is a genre group of individuals that has its whole thought and design in a cross between Victorian and Advanced technologies.

 

Over the last 60 years our public school system has taught, "be who you want to be", and as a result many genre of lifestyles has developed.

 

Biker's are a genre, cowboys are a genre, punk, grunge, goth, surfer, hip hop, steam punk, Treckkies, Geek, etc etc etc are all genre classifications of lifestyles of people. 

 

Trucker churches, cowboy churches, prostitute churches (Las Vegas), the seeker service, CCM, CGM are all attempts to influence and reach these genre of people.