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Join Us for a Trip to Mars… Hill Church, That Is
By
Joel Gunz
After what has been Portland’s bitterest commercial real estate battle since Wal-Mart tried to move into Hayden Meadows five years ago, today, Seattle-based Mars Hill (mega)Church celebrated the grand opening of its new “church plant” on SE 32nd and Taylor. Located in the Hawthorne District, the site is practically ground zero for the local godless…
City Bible Church: I Can’t Believe I Sat Through the Whole Thing
By
Joel Gunz
Portland’s City Bible Church has a logo. It looks like this: It also has a tagline, which looks like this: Discover. Experience. Celebrate. Barf. Okay, I made that fourth sentence up myself. But if you want to know why, stop back in a day or two. You might want to bring a bottle of Pepto-Bismol.…
Holy Vocal Chords! Our Visit to the Portland Pentecostal Church
By
Joel Gunz
Praise the lord! We dropped by the Portland Pentecostal church today for our weekly dose of shouting, speaking in tongues and wild gesticulating from the pastors. According to the Pentecostals, we are all fallen sinners who deeply need Jesus (and a screaming pastor) to save us from the fires of hell. Needless to say, that…
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