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non-sarcastic article in the New York Times about evangelical Christianity. Victorville certainly didn't have anything like this in the late 70s when I was growing up nearby.
The house bands that play every weekend in High Desert Church in Victorville, California — there are a dozen or so — scavenge some of their musical style from the radio and television. They reflect popular taste, though with lyrics about the power of God, not teenage turmoil.
They are not aiming for commercial success. Church-based Christian rock — often referred to as C.C.M., for contemporary Christian music — does not exist primarily to compete in mainstream culture; it exists first to bring together a community.
“When you start a church,” said Tom Mercer, 52, the senior pastor, “you don’t decide who you’re going to reach and then pick a music style. You pick a music style, and that determines who’s going to come.”
A non-sarcastic article in the New York Times about evangelical Christianity. Victorville certainly didn't have anything like this in the late 70s when I was growing up nearby.
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ReplyDeleteVictorville,Watsonville,Whatever-ville it is in wonderful California, you have got to love it,for the most interesting things happen in that wild west state...things we adore and things we aren't all about..but things indeed.
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot of "villes" in California. I didn't know this extravaganza type church existed in Victorville either. I'm not Phelan ville. (get it?)
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