Church Under the Bridge

I'm always fascinated to learn about creative ways to be the church. There are churches that meet in gothic cathedrals and crystal cathedrals and warehouse spaces and circus tents and pubs and coffee shops and homes. But one of the coolest church meetings I've heard of happens under a highway overpass in Waco, Texas.

The church is called, "Church Under the Bridge". It began 15 years ago when a Baylor University professor began hanging out and conducting Bible studies with a group of homeless men who slept under the I-35 overpass. Gradually, more homeless people began to attend the Bible studies, along with bikers, prostitutes, drug addicts, ex-cons and other marginalized people who would feel out of place in a typical church setting.

Today, Church Under the Bridge attracts people from various ethnic and socio-economic sectors, including college students, middle class and upper-middle class families and, of course, the original demographic. 200 or so of these people from different strata and race mingle together to worship Jesus and edify one-another in the open air underneath the overpass.

Here is a link to a story that appeared in Christianity Today about the church:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/april/3.70.html
And here is a link to Church Under the Bridge's website: http://www.churchunderthebridge.org/