First Impressions
In this section you will be introduced to some of the church plants in our region via Howard's first impressions.
Coming King Church
By Howard Chan
Visited: October 27, 2013 Meets at: 2801 Hillside Ave, New Hyde Park, NY Posted: November 8, 2013 Time: 10:15 am
Does your church welcome into their midst families with a special needs child? In fact, your church may very well welcome such families. Nevertheless, I would dare say that the welcome mat put out by your church pales in comparison to the one put out by Coming King Church.
What differentiates Coming King Church’s welcome mat is their mission. For most churches, a family with a special needs child is just another family. Coming King Church views a family with a special needs child differently. They seek not only to welcome such families into their midst, but they also strive to help the families and especially the special needs child, to feel loved, cared for, and a part of God’s family. To accomplish this, Coming King Church adjusted their worship service in several ways.
As each family enters the sanctuary, Pastor Wayne greets everyone but pays special attention to the special needs child/children. He gives each child a big smile, a hug, and dialogues with each a bit. As a result, every child feels welcomed, special, and loved.
Coming King’s worship service, like most churches, includes a time of singing praises to our Lord, but that is where the similarities end. Most of the songs sung in Coming King Church’s service are children praise songs with accompanying videos to help keep the children engaged. A sprinkling of simple hymns and contemporary songs is mixed in to accommodate the adults in the congregation.
The service, unlike most churches, includes two sermons every Sunday. The first sermon is a ten minute video chalk talk directed at the children. Upon completion of the chalk talk, the children leave for Sunday School. As they depart they partake of some snacks in the back of the sanctuary. The adults then take a short break of 15-20 minutes to talk, fellowship, and enjoy whatever snacks the children left behind. After the break, the service resumes and ends with a sermon suited for adults.
Admittedly, the service is not what I am accustomed to. And you would be right if you were to point to the dual sermons and singing of children’s praise songs as the major reasons for that. However, there is another dimension of their worship service that I found delightful, enjoyable and desirable. It is a dimension regrettably, that is generally absent from most typical church worship services. The worship service at Coming King Church is filled with love, joy, exuberance, and much laughter. Here, the special needs kids are not disturbing, disruptive and distracting. Instead, thanks to the accommodations made by Pastor Wayne, the children mostly display laughter, joy, and exuberance. I could not help but smile throughout the service.
At present, the congregation is about 25 people strong, comprised of some ten to twelve families and a few individual adults. If you know a special needs family looking for a church, Coming King may be the church they seek. However, you do not have to be a family with a special needs child to join them. If you are someone who seeks to join a church where you can experience love, joy, laughter, etc., on a weekly basis, check out Coming King Church. Rare are those churches where laughter and joy reign supreme.
If you plan to visit, the church meets in the basement of Hillside United Methodist Church. The entrance is a side door on Irwin Street, perpendicular to Hillside Ave.
Visited: October 27, 2013 Meets at: 2801 Hillside Ave, New Hyde Park, NY Posted: November 8, 2013 Time: 10:15 am
Does your church welcome into their midst families with a special needs child? In fact, your church may very well welcome such families. Nevertheless, I would dare say that the welcome mat put out by your church pales in comparison to the one put out by Coming King Church.
What differentiates Coming King Church’s welcome mat is their mission. For most churches, a family with a special needs child is just another family. Coming King Church views a family with a special needs child differently. They seek not only to welcome such families into their midst, but they also strive to help the families and especially the special needs child, to feel loved, cared for, and a part of God’s family. To accomplish this, Coming King Church adjusted their worship service in several ways.
As each family enters the sanctuary, Pastor Wayne greets everyone but pays special attention to the special needs child/children. He gives each child a big smile, a hug, and dialogues with each a bit. As a result, every child feels welcomed, special, and loved.
Coming King’s worship service, like most churches, includes a time of singing praises to our Lord, but that is where the similarities end. Most of the songs sung in Coming King Church’s service are children praise songs with accompanying videos to help keep the children engaged. A sprinkling of simple hymns and contemporary songs is mixed in to accommodate the adults in the congregation.
The service, unlike most churches, includes two sermons every Sunday. The first sermon is a ten minute video chalk talk directed at the children. Upon completion of the chalk talk, the children leave for Sunday School. As they depart they partake of some snacks in the back of the sanctuary. The adults then take a short break of 15-20 minutes to talk, fellowship, and enjoy whatever snacks the children left behind. After the break, the service resumes and ends with a sermon suited for adults.
Admittedly, the service is not what I am accustomed to. And you would be right if you were to point to the dual sermons and singing of children’s praise songs as the major reasons for that. However, there is another dimension of their worship service that I found delightful, enjoyable and desirable. It is a dimension regrettably, that is generally absent from most typical church worship services. The worship service at Coming King Church is filled with love, joy, exuberance, and much laughter. Here, the special needs kids are not disturbing, disruptive and distracting. Instead, thanks to the accommodations made by Pastor Wayne, the children mostly display laughter, joy, and exuberance. I could not help but smile throughout the service.
At present, the congregation is about 25 people strong, comprised of some ten to twelve families and a few individual adults. If you know a special needs family looking for a church, Coming King may be the church they seek. However, you do not have to be a family with a special needs child to join them. If you are someone who seeks to join a church where you can experience love, joy, laughter, etc., on a weekly basis, check out Coming King Church. Rare are those churches where laughter and joy reign supreme.
If you plan to visit, the church meets in the basement of Hillside United Methodist Church. The entrance is a side door on Irwin Street, perpendicular to Hillside Ave.
Beloved Presbyterian Church
By Howard Chan
Visited: October 13, 2013 Meets at: 200 Summit St, Norwood, NJ
Posted: October 16, 2013 Time: 10:00 am
The most difficult thing about visiting Beloved Presbyterian Church is finding it. Their service location is listed as 200 Summit Street, Norwood, NJ, but when one arrives at that address the only buildings one sees are a Public Library, a Catholic Church and a school building with orange construction cones blocking the entrance. I could find no evidence anywhere that an Asian American Evangelical Church could be found in the area. After driving by the address several times and seeing no sign of the church, I decide to turn around and head home. I turned down a side street to find a driveway I could use to turn around.
The closest one was on my left. As I turned into it, my eye caught a sign. The arrow on it told me that I needed to continue down the path I was on to find Beloved Presbyterian Church. Upon coming to the end of the driveway, I found myself in a parking lot in the back of the school I had been passing. Then, I observed an opened back door and two young boys of Asian descent playing in front of it. I knew then that I had, at long last, arrived.
Dan Chi planted Beloved Presbyterian Church in Apr, 2011. The current congregation consists of approximately a dozen families and their children. The church initially met and worshipped in an empty warehouse in Bergenfield, NJ. But, about a year ago, the warehouse became occupied and the church was no longer able to use it. Beloved then moved to their current location.
After entering the back door, I found a nearly empty gym with a small table by the entrance filled with pens and copies of that morning’s Sunday bulletin. The only person in the gym was a man setting up a video camera which I presumed was to record the morning’s sermon. The man warmly greeted me, introduced himself and welcomed me to the church. Shortly thereafter, several other people entered the sanctuary asking my name and welcomed me.
The worship singing at Beloved was soulful and passionate, which I attribute to Dan’s skillful worship leading while playing the acoustic guitar. In his sermon, Dan warned his congregation not to compare themselves with others lest they become dissatisfied, discontent and useless to God. Several other members of the congregation led the remaining parts of the worship service (i. e., Call to Worship, Corporate Prayer, and Scripture Reading).
Upon the service’s conclusion, a brief time of fellowship followed. It was there that I had the chance to talk with Dan about Beloved. We discussed various things including my suggestion the church put up more and better signs to help visitors find it.
If you live in or around Norwood, New Jersey and are looking for a small, warm, family-oriented church, check out Beloved Presbyterian church.
Visited: October 13, 2013 Meets at: 200 Summit St, Norwood, NJ
Posted: October 16, 2013 Time: 10:00 am
The most difficult thing about visiting Beloved Presbyterian Church is finding it. Their service location is listed as 200 Summit Street, Norwood, NJ, but when one arrives at that address the only buildings one sees are a Public Library, a Catholic Church and a school building with orange construction cones blocking the entrance. I could find no evidence anywhere that an Asian American Evangelical Church could be found in the area. After driving by the address several times and seeing no sign of the church, I decide to turn around and head home. I turned down a side street to find a driveway I could use to turn around.
The closest one was on my left. As I turned into it, my eye caught a sign. The arrow on it told me that I needed to continue down the path I was on to find Beloved Presbyterian Church. Upon coming to the end of the driveway, I found myself in a parking lot in the back of the school I had been passing. Then, I observed an opened back door and two young boys of Asian descent playing in front of it. I knew then that I had, at long last, arrived.
Dan Chi planted Beloved Presbyterian Church in Apr, 2011. The current congregation consists of approximately a dozen families and their children. The church initially met and worshipped in an empty warehouse in Bergenfield, NJ. But, about a year ago, the warehouse became occupied and the church was no longer able to use it. Beloved then moved to their current location.
After entering the back door, I found a nearly empty gym with a small table by the entrance filled with pens and copies of that morning’s Sunday bulletin. The only person in the gym was a man setting up a video camera which I presumed was to record the morning’s sermon. The man warmly greeted me, introduced himself and welcomed me to the church. Shortly thereafter, several other people entered the sanctuary asking my name and welcomed me.
The worship singing at Beloved was soulful and passionate, which I attribute to Dan’s skillful worship leading while playing the acoustic guitar. In his sermon, Dan warned his congregation not to compare themselves with others lest they become dissatisfied, discontent and useless to God. Several other members of the congregation led the remaining parts of the worship service (i. e., Call to Worship, Corporate Prayer, and Scripture Reading).
Upon the service’s conclusion, a brief time of fellowship followed. It was there that I had the chance to talk with Dan about Beloved. We discussed various things including my suggestion the church put up more and better signs to help visitors find it.
If you live in or around Norwood, New Jersey and are looking for a small, warm, family-oriented church, check out Beloved Presbyterian church.
King's Cross Church
By Howard Chan
Visited: April 14, 2013 Meets at: 142-30 Barclay Ave, Flushing, NY
Posted: April 23, 2013 Time: 11:00 am
This “first impression” is a composite report of my Nov, 2012 and Apr 2013 visits to King’s Cross Church (KCC). On both visits, approximate 60-75 people were in attendance, mostly comprised of young professionals with a handful of families with young children.
King’s Cross Church is a new church plant that meets in a school. Their site gives them the freedom to conduct their worship services at 11 am which would not likely be possible if they were to meet in another church facility. It must be conceded that a school auditorium is a poor substitute for a church sanctuary. However, people today understand better that what makes a church, a church, is its people not its facilities.
In KCC, the worship service leader is Peter, the pastor of the church. In a typical church, the worship service leader is a lay volunteer. Regrettably, in far too many churches the worship service leader receives little or no training in the leading of worship. As a result, too many worship service leaders see their responsibilities as nothing more than being as an MC (master of ceremony), introducing the various parts of a worship service.
Peter, on the other hand, fully understands that a worship service leader is not an MC. Instead, he is an enabler who leads, guides, and encourages the congregation in their worship of God. On this particular Sunday (Apr 14), Peter deftly captures the attention of the congregation by referring to an earthly concern (i.e., dieting), using an irresistibly curious instrument (i.e., a “Diet Spoon”) he discovered on the internet. He then shrewdly refocuses the attention of the congregation to the One who is able to more than satisfy. Throughout the rest of the service Peter skillfully helps the congregation expand their understanding of the various elements of worship (e.g. prayer, offering, praise, etc.) thereby deepening the congregation’s appreciation of God and enabling us to praise our Lord as one.
KCC’s service includes testimonies. Each week different people share of what God did, or is doing, in their lives. The stories told bless and strengthen the faith of the faithful while serving as a gentle reminder to those who have drifted to contemplate their situation.
A third aspect of KCC that I like is their proactive intention to become a community church. The church bulletin contained a request to pray for those contemplating, as well as those moving, into Flushing area. By exhorting their people to live where they worship, they can, and will, spiritually impact their Flushing neighbors. Too many of our churches fail to make a commitment to their community and as a result, have little, or no, impact on the people living in and around their church building.
KCC does not serve a meal after their service. However, there are light snacks in the gym after the service, and if one is up for it, there is also basketball scrimmage in the gym after snacks.
Visited: April 14, 2013 Meets at: 142-30 Barclay Ave, Flushing, NY
Posted: April 23, 2013 Time: 11:00 am
This “first impression” is a composite report of my Nov, 2012 and Apr 2013 visits to King’s Cross Church (KCC). On both visits, approximate 60-75 people were in attendance, mostly comprised of young professionals with a handful of families with young children.
King’s Cross Church is a new church plant that meets in a school. Their site gives them the freedom to conduct their worship services at 11 am which would not likely be possible if they were to meet in another church facility. It must be conceded that a school auditorium is a poor substitute for a church sanctuary. However, people today understand better that what makes a church, a church, is its people not its facilities.
In KCC, the worship service leader is Peter, the pastor of the church. In a typical church, the worship service leader is a lay volunteer. Regrettably, in far too many churches the worship service leader receives little or no training in the leading of worship. As a result, too many worship service leaders see their responsibilities as nothing more than being as an MC (master of ceremony), introducing the various parts of a worship service.
Peter, on the other hand, fully understands that a worship service leader is not an MC. Instead, he is an enabler who leads, guides, and encourages the congregation in their worship of God. On this particular Sunday (Apr 14), Peter deftly captures the attention of the congregation by referring to an earthly concern (i.e., dieting), using an irresistibly curious instrument (i.e., a “Diet Spoon”) he discovered on the internet. He then shrewdly refocuses the attention of the congregation to the One who is able to more than satisfy. Throughout the rest of the service Peter skillfully helps the congregation expand their understanding of the various elements of worship (e.g. prayer, offering, praise, etc.) thereby deepening the congregation’s appreciation of God and enabling us to praise our Lord as one.
KCC’s service includes testimonies. Each week different people share of what God did, or is doing, in their lives. The stories told bless and strengthen the faith of the faithful while serving as a gentle reminder to those who have drifted to contemplate their situation.
A third aspect of KCC that I like is their proactive intention to become a community church. The church bulletin contained a request to pray for those contemplating, as well as those moving, into Flushing area. By exhorting their people to live where they worship, they can, and will, spiritually impact their Flushing neighbors. Too many of our churches fail to make a commitment to their community and as a result, have little, or no, impact on the people living in and around their church building.
KCC does not serve a meal after their service. However, there are light snacks in the gym after the service, and if one is up for it, there is also basketball scrimmage in the gym after snacks.
Connection Alliance Church
By Howard Chan
Visited: March 16, 2013 Meets at: 43-29 162nd St, Flushing, NY
Posted: March 21, 2013 Time: 6:30 pm (includes dinner)
Connection Alliance Church (CAC) is a new church plant with different ideas. One idea that differentiates them from a traditional church is the day and time of their services. They meet on a Saturday evening, at 6:30 pm. When asked why the church meets on Saturday evenings, the Rev. Donald Yee, CAC’s founder and shepherd, gave several reasons. First, the Saturday service was not part of their original plans. Their original plan called for them to shift their Saturday meetings to a Sunday worship service, but a funny thing happened along the way. As the group met for their Saturday pre-launch meetings, they discovered to their delight many non-Christians willing to join them and those that came were mostly loyal and committed. As a result, at the time the church was to launch, the leadership thought it wise to keep the Saturday meeting time. A second reason involved the question, “Why not Saturdays?” Pastor Donald points out that many churches around the world already meet on a Saturday. And third, the church has plans to complement their informal Saturday evening service one day with a Sunday worship service where people can choose to go to either or both.
On the evening I visited various people scattered about the room I had just entered warmly greeted me. My welcome, I theorized, must be due to my being a blood relative to two of their members and am no stranger to others whom I have met during my travels as an itinerate preacher. However, to my delight I soon discovered my theory had no legs to stand upon; for throughout evening I observed members of the church gave a hearty welcome and a warm greeting to all who entered the room. Their practice contrasts starkly with my experience in too many other churches I have visited; rarely am I made to feel welcomed or even greeted! CAC, I am happy to report, does it right; more of our churches should do the same.
A second way CAC differentiates itself from a traditional church is in its service format. I had come to CAC expecting to participate in a fairly traditional service that included a sermon; that is not what happened. Instead, Pastor Donald instructed the congregation to form small groups for a Bible Study on Genesis 4. The groups first studied the passage on their own. Then Pastor Donald led a large group study on the chapter. When I mentioned to Pastor Donald that I had expected to hear a sermon that evening, he informed me that the service format at CAC can change from week to week depending on what the leadership sought to accomplish that week. He is open to experimenting and seeing if there is not another model that may be more effective for today’s post-modern generation.
One way that CAC does not break from tradition involves a component vital to every church, the “fellowship meal”. Many Asian American churches serve a lunch meal after the Sunday morning worship service. CAC unabashedly emulates this tradition by serving a dinner meal prior to their 7:30 pm worship service. The meal they served was more than satisfying, but the fellowship during the meal was exceptional. Everyone sitting around the table I sat at engaged one another in a variety of discussions involving our lives, our families, the world and whatever else came to mind. It seemed a kindred spirit was in the air.
After the study, people hung out some. As I am not a night owl, I bid my farewells and headed home. As I traveled home, I pondered the events of that night. CAC is a young church with a great potential to reach the next generation for our Lord. With eager anticipation, I wait to see how God will use CAC in the days and years to come.
Visited: March 16, 2013 Meets at: 43-29 162nd St, Flushing, NY
Posted: March 21, 2013 Time: 6:30 pm (includes dinner)
Connection Alliance Church (CAC) is a new church plant with different ideas. One idea that differentiates them from a traditional church is the day and time of their services. They meet on a Saturday evening, at 6:30 pm. When asked why the church meets on Saturday evenings, the Rev. Donald Yee, CAC’s founder and shepherd, gave several reasons. First, the Saturday service was not part of their original plans. Their original plan called for them to shift their Saturday meetings to a Sunday worship service, but a funny thing happened along the way. As the group met for their Saturday pre-launch meetings, they discovered to their delight many non-Christians willing to join them and those that came were mostly loyal and committed. As a result, at the time the church was to launch, the leadership thought it wise to keep the Saturday meeting time. A second reason involved the question, “Why not Saturdays?” Pastor Donald points out that many churches around the world already meet on a Saturday. And third, the church has plans to complement their informal Saturday evening service one day with a Sunday worship service where people can choose to go to either or both.
On the evening I visited various people scattered about the room I had just entered warmly greeted me. My welcome, I theorized, must be due to my being a blood relative to two of their members and am no stranger to others whom I have met during my travels as an itinerate preacher. However, to my delight I soon discovered my theory had no legs to stand upon; for throughout evening I observed members of the church gave a hearty welcome and a warm greeting to all who entered the room. Their practice contrasts starkly with my experience in too many other churches I have visited; rarely am I made to feel welcomed or even greeted! CAC, I am happy to report, does it right; more of our churches should do the same.
A second way CAC differentiates itself from a traditional church is in its service format. I had come to CAC expecting to participate in a fairly traditional service that included a sermon; that is not what happened. Instead, Pastor Donald instructed the congregation to form small groups for a Bible Study on Genesis 4. The groups first studied the passage on their own. Then Pastor Donald led a large group study on the chapter. When I mentioned to Pastor Donald that I had expected to hear a sermon that evening, he informed me that the service format at CAC can change from week to week depending on what the leadership sought to accomplish that week. He is open to experimenting and seeing if there is not another model that may be more effective for today’s post-modern generation.
One way that CAC does not break from tradition involves a component vital to every church, the “fellowship meal”. Many Asian American churches serve a lunch meal after the Sunday morning worship service. CAC unabashedly emulates this tradition by serving a dinner meal prior to their 7:30 pm worship service. The meal they served was more than satisfying, but the fellowship during the meal was exceptional. Everyone sitting around the table I sat at engaged one another in a variety of discussions involving our lives, our families, the world and whatever else came to mind. It seemed a kindred spirit was in the air.
After the study, people hung out some. As I am not a night owl, I bid my farewells and headed home. As I traveled home, I pondered the events of that night. CAC is a young church with a great potential to reach the next generation for our Lord. With eager anticipation, I wait to see how God will use CAC in the days and years to come.
Neighborhood Church New York City
By Howard Chan
Visited: January 13, 2013 Meets at: 35-10 Linden Place, Flushing, NY
Posted: January 14, 2013 Time: 2:00 pm
Take a moment and imagine with me your church. Got it? Good because whatever your church looks like, or sounds like, Neighborhood Church of NYC is probably nothing like it. You don’t believe me? If I were a gambling man I’d bet you, but you’d lose.
Here’s why:
Neighborhood Church New York City is not your typical, traditional church…not by any stretch of the imagination, at least by my imagination! And being such, you would expect that an ancient relic like me would find the place too loud, too newfangled and too hip!
Yes, I confess that the church is not my speed. But, Gage Jung didn’t plant his church for me; he planted it for the lost young people who reside in our midst.
While the service was not my cup of tea (I knew only one song, found the raps...different and the music was louder than I am used to), as I was acclimating, I was encouraged that those around me seemed to be genuinely worshipping.
I may have struggled some with the service but I unabashedly love Gage Jung, the pastor of Neighborhood Church NYC. Gage, a PK (preacher’s kid), looks more like a hulking quarterback than a pastor (sorry girls, he’s already taken). However, despite his size, he has a gentle presence about him of which I am deeply jealous (too many people perceive my presence as scary and intimidating, never gentle). Gage’s sermon was more like a talk than a sermon but Gage is post-modern and “story-telling” is a signature trait of the post-modern generation.
At the moment, Neighborhood Church NYC is small. At one point, attendance was up to 50 but today it is 25. That is the bane of every church planter…getting people who come to their services to want to stay; for Christians to buy into Gage’s vision for the church, for non-Christians the opportunity to learn more about God.
Currently the church meets in the Annex of Queens Christian Alliance Church in Flushing (for exact address, see our Church Directory). However, their lease is about to expire and they need to move. Where? No one knows at the moment. But, wherever they go, you can always find them through our Church Directory or their website.
The Neighborhood Church NYC is an “unorthodox” church by traditional standards. Who says every church has to be traditional? God often used unorthodox means to accomplish his will. If you don’t believe me, ask Habakkuk how God punished the Israelites, or ask Jonah how God convinced him to go to Ninevah or ask the Disciples who turned out to be the greatest apostle and spokesman of our faith.
Neighborhood Church of NYC may be unorthodox in its methodology but its message is orthodox. If you’re looking for an atypical church with atypical music that is shepherded by a warm and loving man of God, Neighborhood Church of NYC may be just what you’re looking for.
Visited: January 13, 2013 Meets at: 35-10 Linden Place, Flushing, NY
Posted: January 14, 2013 Time: 2:00 pm
Take a moment and imagine with me your church. Got it? Good because whatever your church looks like, or sounds like, Neighborhood Church of NYC is probably nothing like it. You don’t believe me? If I were a gambling man I’d bet you, but you’d lose.
Here’s why:
- Does your church have six amazing musicians that play worship sets in a deep, unrelenting bass that has you vibrating in your seats?
- Does your church have and use nine speakers with a thirty-two input/output sound board?
- Does your church include Rap in its worship service?
- Was your church called “Hipster Church” before it got its current name?
Neighborhood Church New York City is not your typical, traditional church…not by any stretch of the imagination, at least by my imagination! And being such, you would expect that an ancient relic like me would find the place too loud, too newfangled and too hip!
Yes, I confess that the church is not my speed. But, Gage Jung didn’t plant his church for me; he planted it for the lost young people who reside in our midst.
While the service was not my cup of tea (I knew only one song, found the raps...different and the music was louder than I am used to), as I was acclimating, I was encouraged that those around me seemed to be genuinely worshipping.
I may have struggled some with the service but I unabashedly love Gage Jung, the pastor of Neighborhood Church NYC. Gage, a PK (preacher’s kid), looks more like a hulking quarterback than a pastor (sorry girls, he’s already taken). However, despite his size, he has a gentle presence about him of which I am deeply jealous (too many people perceive my presence as scary and intimidating, never gentle). Gage’s sermon was more like a talk than a sermon but Gage is post-modern and “story-telling” is a signature trait of the post-modern generation.
At the moment, Neighborhood Church NYC is small. At one point, attendance was up to 50 but today it is 25. That is the bane of every church planter…getting people who come to their services to want to stay; for Christians to buy into Gage’s vision for the church, for non-Christians the opportunity to learn more about God.
Currently the church meets in the Annex of Queens Christian Alliance Church in Flushing (for exact address, see our Church Directory). However, their lease is about to expire and they need to move. Where? No one knows at the moment. But, wherever they go, you can always find them through our Church Directory or their website.
The Neighborhood Church NYC is an “unorthodox” church by traditional standards. Who says every church has to be traditional? God often used unorthodox means to accomplish his will. If you don’t believe me, ask Habakkuk how God punished the Israelites, or ask Jonah how God convinced him to go to Ninevah or ask the Disciples who turned out to be the greatest apostle and spokesman of our faith.
Neighborhood Church of NYC may be unorthodox in its methodology but its message is orthodox. If you’re looking for an atypical church with atypical music that is shepherded by a warm and loving man of God, Neighborhood Church of NYC may be just what you’re looking for.