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Article Excerpt
Fischer | July 2, 2006
The term "church clothes" has lost much of its meaning in recent years, as seeker-friendly churches have encouraged a come-as-you-are atmosphere, but nowhere do people consistently dress down more than at the cowboy churches that are springing up all over the Southwest. In Texas, many carry a barely visible Southern Baptist brand, but some, like Cowboys for Jesus Christian Fellowship, in the Hill Country town of Fischer, are independent, nondenominational congregations, started by a pastor and a few friends to attract people who want something less formal than a traditional service and setting and might be drawn in by the classic mythos of the American West.
The Fischer church meets in a spacious new red barn with a rail-fence entrance reminiscent of a movie set. Upon entering the foyer, visitors confront a large painting of Jesus riding a white horse and carrying a tall spearlike scepter. (The church's Web site features the same picture, accompanied by words from Revelation 19:11-16 that ostensibly identify Jesus as the "First Cowboy"...
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