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Cornerstone Church: San Antonio / January 15, 2006.

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Located near the intersection of U.S. 281 and Anderson Loop in the north part of San Antonio, the 17,000-member nondenominational Cornerstone Church includes the standard features of the contemporary megachurch: a large (5,400-seat) sanctuary, classrooms and office buildings, a prayer chapel and garden, a gymnasium and racquetball courts, and acres of parking. Founded and led by Pastor John Hagee, Cornerstone is one of the largest churches in the nation and extends its reach by transmitting its services via 160 TV stations and 50 radio stations in the U.S. and numerous foreign countries.

On a Sunday morning in January, the crowd streaming into the quasi-Greek Revival building for the eleven o'clock service appeared to be mostly middle- and workingclass, about evenly divided between Anglos and Latinos, with a smaller but significant contingent of African Americans. Dress varied, but "church clothes" were far more common than casual attire, befitting the rather formal interior of the semicircular sanctuary. While the last thousand or so worshippers filled the balcony seats, organist Harold Hild--thirty years ago Hagee rented a garage apartment from the music...

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