Typically on Mondays here on TheChristianBanner.com we will feature our own conversation with a church leader about what God is doing in their local church. But given the highly unusual and excellent feature this weekend on McLane Church’s Erie site, named “Church-in-a-Bar” by the Erie Times-News, we thought we’d just point you over toward that direction.

Reporter Valerie Myers and Photographer/Videographer Rob Engelhardt captured the vision and passion of this most unique church, which Site Pastor Andy Kerr leads, meeting at the Cell Block bar at 1213 State Street, Erie on Sunday evenings at 5:00 PM. A great quote from the story:

College students and families worship with addicts and the homeless from downtown shelters. The congregation is young and old; white, black and Hispanic; in designer jeans with stylized holes and in jeans with holes from hard wear. “It’s about as diverse as you can get,” Kerr said.

Here are links to the story, photo gallery and video on GoErie.com:

• Story: Church in a bar has large downtown Erie congregation
• Photo Gallery: Faithful Worship In Erie Bar
• Video: Church in a Bar

You can find out more about McLane Church-Erie “Church-in-a-Bar” at their website: www.mclanechurch.org or call (814) 734-1907.