decided to give away beer during service last weekend.
The church posted on its marquee that it is offering Beer and Hymns as
part of an outreach weekend discussion forum to talk about the future
of the Christian church.The event, which featured Portland-based
religious author Christian Piatt, saw congregants, who were given a
two drink limit, sipping on fresh beer and singing church hymns.
In his defence of the church's decision to host the beer and hymns
service which turned out to be a success, Pastor Taylor said it
attracted a large crowd and got people talking, Christian Post
reports.
He said: "It went really good, we had between 80 to 100 people turn
out. Half were members of our church and half were just visitors, or
people wanting to see what it was about, or people from other
churches."We did have some protesters up front. It started with about
six, then they left for a while and came back after the event with 20
people. They were just shouting at us that we're 'going to hell.
"To people that don't like it, it might not be for you and not every
church service is for everyone, which is why there are 1,000 different
churches on every street corner you look at. We reach people, we had
many people come through that said they have never felt comfortable
enough to come into a church until they saw that sign and they're not
alcoholics, or drunks, they're just people that like to have a beer
every now and again."
Taylor added that the church is planning to hold another "beer and
hymns" night early next year due to popular demand.
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