A new Christian movement is growing in the American South and Southwest. "Cowboy church" pastors say their simple services, Western decor and... Cowboy Church: With Rodeo Arena, They 'Do Church ...

When it comes to the modern image of the cowboy, there are certain attributes that most everyone agrees upon. He's usually chivalrous, for instance, and he has a taste for adventure. He's rugged, ...

A Gaffney church will present its popular Cowboy Christmas at the Tryon International Equestrian Center as part of its Winterfest holiday celebration in December. Cowboy Christmas begins each night ...

Pastor Jim Matthews preaches with his cowboy hat on. That is just one of the many things that make the Cape County Cowboy Church a little different. Matthews said the Cowboy Church was founded 20 ...

LORANGER, La. — Before he stands at a pulpit, before he wears a microphone, before he delivers a sermon, Pastor Randy Smith of the Crossbrand Cowboy Church leads a prayer behind the rodeo arena. Just ...

FORT WORTH, Texas - At high noon in the Stockyards Station, just after the longhorn cattle drive down Exchange Avenue and just before the gunfight show, a congregation comes to worship. Pastor George ...

Before you reach the Lone Star Cowboy Church, you first have to pass the church's rodeo arena. That's their fishing pond. Tuesday is usually team roping night at the arena, whether for practice or a ...

FISCHER - You don't need a cowboy hat to attend Cowboys for Jesus Christian Fellowship, but if you have one, you can wear it during services. Most folks take theirs off, but just about anything goes ...

The Tulsa area will get its first cowboy church this fall. It will be part of a fast-growing network of churches that often meets in arenas to listen to preachers on horseback and has links to the ...

LANDER — Scott Smail couldn’t remember the last time he felt comfortable in a church. The horseshoer felt alienated at new-age churches, where he couldn’t relate to the sermons, didn’t know the songs ...

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – The church occupies a corner of the shopping center, behind the Taco Express, squeezed between the karate dojo and the massage and tattoo parlors, a few doors down from the ...