Dayton Daily News
The Pub Lounge near the I-75 exit in Sidney is your typical neighborhood restaurant/bar.
It has a dance floor, riding bull, big screen TV, pool tables, pizza, beer and a pleasant, everybody-knows-your-name vibe.
Which — according to the Rev. Chris Heckaman — makes it the ideal spot for a new church.
Heckaman is senior pastor of Sidney First United Methodist Church, 230 N. Popular St. While his church-in-a-bar ministry may seem like an irreverent idea, it gives new meaning to the phrase “filled with the spirit.”
“The idea behind the new Country Rock Church in the Pub Lounge is to reach people where they are,” Heckaman said. “We’ve got a generation of folks who have grown up outside the church where pews, stained glass windows, robes and pulpits don’t mean a thing…
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