Moving The Mountain To Muhammad....

Gary Davis, pastor and founder of the Church in the Wind of Denver, a biker church, said he was prompted to start his congregation in 1996 after he was told by a traditional church that he couldn't wear his biker outfit to service. But he said it's not what you wear that matters.

"We don't care if you're wearing a suit or a T-shirt and jeans," said Davis, who rides a Harley-Davidson to church. "What we care about is the condition of the heart."

The Southern Baptists are adapting to changed times.

Since Americans now rely more-and-more on Washington from everything from healthcare to retirement payments, the role of the traditional American community and family has weakened. I will expand upon this some other time.

At the heart of the traditional American community has been the church. Just have a look at the old New England towns where the church and the commons were in the center of the town. People relied upon each other for their survival but now people rely upon a distant bureaucrat that they have never seen, met nor know their names to disperse economic benefits upon them. So the traditional roles of the community and your neighbors for support has deteriorated.

These new style churches are moving back into the communities, albeit communities that are somewhat different than those that we are accustomed to. These range from golfers, to rodeo enthusiasts to biker clubs.