Sports Bar Church Service

New Zealand Pastors Create Sports Bar Church Service Complete With Beer Drinking [Excerpts]

Most Christians are familiar with the biblical story of Jesus turning water into wine, but now two New Zealand pastors are seeking to turn a pub into a church complete with beer-drinking during the gatherings.

Pastors Calvin Culverwell and Vic Francis will officially turn Albany Sports Bar in Auckland, New Zealand into a house of worship on Sunday. After the initiative was in the works for a year, the Albany Sports Bar will officially serve as a church on the first Sunday of each month beginning on Aug. 5.

While some people may raise their eyebrows at the Protestant Albany Shore Vineyard Church's notion, Culverwell said the bar could serve as a more comfortable place of worship for some than traditional churches could.

While the sports bar service will not contain any sermons or singing, Francis said it will serve as both a place of prayer and a place to grab a beer.

''We might be having a beer and praying for somebody who has a need and we don't see an issue with that," Francis said in the Auckland Now report. "There are lots of people out there who believe in God but don't necessarily have a church. It's quite a daunting thing I think to go to a Sunday morning church."

Culverwell spoke about the bar being a place of worship specifically for people in their 20s and 30s, while allowing anybody over 18 into its doors for the monthly service. The 24-year-old will pastor the services that he said will reflect the values of Jesus and the lifestyle of the locals around the bar.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/new-zealand-pastors-create-sports-bar-church-service-complete-with-beer-drinking-79293/

[TBC: Speaking of the Church service, Paul asks, "How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying" (1 Corinthians:14:26How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
See All...). "Let all things be done unto edifying" is not based upon the "lifestyle" of humanity.]