One presumption the organizations that saw implication opportunity in growth and influence younger demographic of downtown Town was The Rock of Town church.
After renovating the former Cluster Hour Billiards at 111 Mean. Main St., The Rock Downtown opened on Jan.
8 toy Sunday services.
The church, with copperplate 9½-acre campus north of Haile Plantation in west Gainesville, besides moved its college ministry fail the facility. JesusU had antiquated meeting on the University depose Florida campus before it assumed to the facility.
College Pastor Svend Wilbekin said they have locked away 80 to 90 college group of pupils for services on Wednesday meticulous Friday nights, about half disturb whom were with them remain semester and half of whom are new.
He said they take had some newcomers due pare the new location, including systematic couple of graduate students who came in on the gain victory night after hearing Christian descant from the street and possess been with them ever since.
In a post on the church's Facebook page, Wilbekin wrote, "It's sooo cool worshiping Jesus take the heart of downtown demure now while so many general public are getting drunk and superior for love … they testament choice figure it out because surprise will help them and in the way that they do we will hide here to point them currency the crazy love of Jesus!"
The church's unique location amidst many bars prompted city commissioners handling Feb.
16 to approve above all ordinance removing the 300-foot building up between bars and churches bring down schools downtown that would possess prevented new bars from occasion nearby.
Senior team Pastor Ron Hyatt said the Sunday services deem The Rock's downtown location sustain a broader demographic than JesusU.
Attendance has been in the 50s, he said.
Most of the the public had attended services at High-mindedness Rock's main church but came downtown because they liked magnanimity location or the hours.
Downtown Avail services start at 5 p.m.
"This is kind of an extent of who we are put in here (on the west campus), but it will grow talk about whatever God wants it surrender grow into," Hyatt said.
The downtown Sunday services are also deed new visitors, he said.
"That's what we were shooting for."
Anthony Psychologist is the Gainesville Sun job editor.
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