Wikipedia

Abundant Church: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Monkbot (talk | contribs)
Bots
3,119,770 edits
m →‎top: Task 16: replaced (5×) / removed (0×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=;
→‎History: convert inline urls to refs
 
(19 intermediate revisions by 14 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Infobox church
| color =
| name = Abundant Living Faith CenterChurch
| fullname =
| image =
Line 12:
| co pastor =
| country = United States
| website = http://www.alfcabundant.comorg/
| logo =
| logosize =
}}
 
The '''Abundant Living Faith CenterChurch''' is a [[nondenominational]], multicultural, evangelical church in [[El Paso, Texas]], United States, with about 20,000 members in 2009.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.alfc.com/alfc/our_church/ourstorypurpose/tabid/80/Default.aspx
|title=OUR STORY AND PURPOSE
|publisher=Abundant Living Faith Center
|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-08| archiveurlarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100715213530/http://www.alfc.com/alfc/our_church/ourstorypurpose/tabid/80/Default.aspx| archivedatearchive-date= 15 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
As of 2009, it ranked number 41 by size on the [[Outreach Magazine]]'s list of largest churches in the USA.<ref>{{cite web▼
|url = http://unityinchristmagazine.com/misc/side-bars/multi-ethnic-churches-listed-in-outreach%E2%80%99s-2009-top-100-fastest-growing-and-largest-churches/▼
|work = Unity in Christ Magazine▼
|title = Multi-ethnic Churches listed in Outreach’s 2009 Top 100 & Fastest Growing and Largest Churches▼
|date = January 22, 2010▼
|accessdate = 2010-08-08▼
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100418071943/http://unityinchristmagazine.com/misc/side-bars/multi-ethnic-churches-listed-in-outreach%E2%80%99s-2009-top-100-fastest-growing-and-largest-churches/▼
|archive-date = 2010-04-18▼
|url-status = dead▼
}}</ref> ▼
The Pastor is [[Charles Nieman]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.alfc.com/alfc/our_church/aboutourpastors/tabid/79/Default.aspx
|title=ABOUT OUR PASTORS
|publisher=Abundant Living Faith Center
|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-08
|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716100851/http://www.alfc.com/alfc/our_church/aboutourpastors/tabid/79/Default.aspx
|archivedatearchive-date=16 July 2010
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
The church is part of the [[Word of Faith]] movement, giving [[Abundant life]] teachings.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
 
== History ==
Pastors Charles and Rochelle Nieman started preaching the [[The gospel|Gospel]] in 1977, holding services in a tinysmall railroad hall in El Paso. On December 30, 2012, Rochelle Nieman died after a long battle with cancer,; she was 62. AfterBy 2008, after steady growth of their congregation, by 2008 their Abundant Living Faith Center had more than 15,000 active members and about 8,000 worshipers attending services weekly at theirthe new 3,620-seat facility, which hasemployed state-of-the-art{{peacock inline|date=July 2023}} audio-visual facilities to deliver music, teaching, and prayers.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/8849.htm
|title=L-ACOUSTICS Delivers Abundant Sound for ALFC's New Worship Venue
|publisher=L-ACOUSTICS US
|date=2008-07-31
|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|archive-date=2010-06-13
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613150039/http://infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/8849.htm
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web▼
|url=http://www.worshipfacilities.com/go.php/newsletter/2009-02_9
|title=Michael Garrison Associates Helps Texas Facility Attain High Definition
|work=Worship Facilities Magazine
|date=2009-02-09
|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-08
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718115215/http://www.worshipfacilities.com/go.php/newsletter/2009-02_9
|archive-date=2011-07-18
Line 58 ⟶ 54:
}}</ref>
 
▲As ofBy 2009, it ranked number 41 by size on the [[Outreach Magazine]]'s list of largest churches in the USA.<ref>{{cite web
In 2017, the church opened a campus on the west side of El Paso. The 89,000 square foot building has a performing arts style theater where services are held. It has 1,900 seats, a bookstore, and two cafes.▼
▲ |url = http://unityinchristmagazine.com/misc/side-bars/multi-ethnic-churches-listed-in-outreach%E2%80%99s-2009-top-100-fastest-growing-and-largest-churches/
<ref>▼
▲ |work = Unity in Christ Magazine
{{cite web▼
▲ |title = Multi-ethnic Churches listed in Outreach’sOutreach's 2009 Top 100 & Fastest Growing and Largest Churches
▲ |date = January 22, 2010
▲ |accessdateaccess-date = 2010-08-08
▲ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100418071943/http://unityinchristmagazine.com/misc/side-bars/multi-ethnic-churches-listed-in-outreach%E2%80%99s-2009-top-100-fastest-growing-and-largest-churches/
▲ |archive-date = 2010-04-18
▲ |url-status = dead
▲}}</ref>
 
▲In 2017, the church opened a campus on the west side of El Paso. The 89,000 square foot building has a performing arts -style theater where services are held. It has 1,900 seats, a bookstore, and two cafes.
▲<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.kvia.com/news/top-stories/abundant-living-faith-center-opens-west-side-location/510265903
|title=Abundant Living Faith Center opens west side location
|publisher=KVIA
|date=2017-05-21
|accessdateaccess-date=2017-09-03}}
|archive-date=2017-05-21
</ref>▼
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521203407/http://www.kvia.com/news/top-stories/abundant-living-faith-center-opens-west-side-location/510265903
|url-status=live
▲ }}</ref>
 
In February 2019, the church announced it would be opening a third worship site in downtown El Paso. The new location opened its doors in 2023. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanchez |first1=Sara |title=First look: Abundant transforms historic Downtown theater into a church |url=https://www.elpasoinc.com/news/local_news/first-look-abundant-transforms-historic-downtown-theater-into-a-church/article_90cea272-4763-11ee-ad16-dfad4de1c179.html |access-date=7 June 2024 |work=El Paso Inc |date=Aug 30, 2023}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web
{{cite web
|url=https://www.ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/tricky-falls-will-become-new-abundant-living-faith-center-in-downtown-el-paso/
|title=Tricky Falls will become new Abundant Living Faith Center in Downtown El Paso
|publisher=KTSM
|date=2019-02-04
|accessdateaccess-date=2019-09-03
|author=Zachary Zeh, Stephanie Shields}}
|archive-date=2019-09-04
</ref><ref>
|archive-url= https://kfoxtvweb.comarchive.org/newsweb/20190904053613/https://www.ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/tricky-falls-location-towill-become-new-abundant-living-faith-center-campusin-downtown-el-paso/▼
{{cite web
|url-status=live
▲ |url= https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/tricky-falls-location-to-become-new-abundant-living-faith-center-campus
▲ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title= Tricky Falls location to become new Abundant Living Faith Center campus▼
|url=https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/tricky-falls-location-to-become-new-abundant-living-faith-center-campus
▲ |title= Tricky Falls location to become new Abundant Living Faith Center campus
|publisher=KFOX14
|date=2019-02-04
|accessdateaccess-date=2017-09-03
|author=Holly Bock}}
|archive-date=2019-09-04
▲</ref><ref>{{cite web
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904053600/https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/tricky-falls-location-to-become-new-abundant-living-faith-center-campus
|url-status=live
▲ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/money/business/2019/02/05/downtown-el-paso-concert-venue-tricky-falls-becoming-abundant-living-faith-center-church/2771855002/
|title= Downtown El Paso's former Tricky Falls concert hall to become a church
|publisher=El Paso Times
|date=2019-02-05
|accessdateaccess-date=2017-09-03
| author=Vic Kolenc}}
|archive-date=2020-09-28
</ref>▼
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928200056/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/money/business/2019/02/05/downtown-el-paso-concert-venue-tricky-falls-becoming-abundant-living-faith-center-church/2771855002/
|url-status=live
▲ }}</ref>
 
ThePreviously centerthe supportschurch thesupported Faith Christian Academy, a private school established in 1980 thatand closed in 2020.<ref name="y740">{{cite web | last=Smith | first=Molly | title=New charter school to open fall 2020 at Faith Christian Academy site | website=El Paso Times | date=2020-05-07 | url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/education/2020/05/07/new-charter-school-open-fall-2020-faith-christian-academy-site/5036304002/ | access-date=2024-06-07}}</ref> The school iswas home to more than 500 students from K-3 through to 12th grade. In 2012 and 2013, Faith Christian Lions Varsity basketball team won back to back TCAL state championships<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcaelpaso.com/content/default.aspx
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302111217/http://www.fcaelpaso.com/content/default.aspx
|url-status=dead
Line 100 ⟶ 116:
|title=WELCOME TO FCA ONLINE
|publisher=Abundant Living Faith Center
|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-08}}</ref>
In 2006, the football team won the TCAL 6-man state championship and finished the season ranked #2 for Texas 6-man Private Schools.
In August 2009, the church was givinggave away over 1,100 backpacks filled with school supplies, of which 800 would gowent to children in the El Paso area and 300 will go to children in the Dominican Republic.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/20423966/detail.html
|title=El Paso Church Gives Away School Supplies
Line 108 ⟶ 124:
|work=KFOX TV News
|date=August 16, 2009
|accessdateaccess-date=2010-08-08}}</ref>
|archive-date=2011-07-16
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104036/http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/20423966/detail.html
|url-status=live
▲ }}</ref>
 
==See also==
Line 118 ⟶ 138:
{{Coord|31|42|56|N|106|18|41|W|display=title}}
 
{{Megachurches}}
[[Category:Nondenominational Christianity]]
 
[[Category:Non-denominational Evangelical multisite churches]]
[[Category:Evangelical megachurches in the United States]]
[[Category:Megachurches in Texas]]
[[Category:Evangelical churches in Texas]]
[[Category:Religion in El Paso, Texas]]
[[Category:ReligiousChristian organizations established in 1977]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Churches in El Paso County, Texas]]
[[Category:Word of Faith churches]]
 
 
{{Texas-church-stub}}
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundant_Church"