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{{Infobox church
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| name = Abundant
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|url=http://www.alfc.com/alfc/our_church/ourstorypurpose/tabid/80/Default.aspx
|title=OUR STORY AND PURPOSE
|publisher=Abundant Living Faith Center
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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
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|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
|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
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|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
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718115215/http://www.worshipfacilities.com/go.php/newsletter/2009-02_9
|archive-date=2011-07-18
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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
▲ |date = January 22, 2010
▲ |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
▲In 2017, the church opened a campus on the west side of El Paso. The 89,000 square foot building has a performing arts
▲<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
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|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
|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
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|author=Zachary Zeh, Stephanie Shields
|archive-date=2019-09-04
|archive-url=
|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
|publisher=KFOX14
|date=2019-02-04
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|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=
|publisher=El Paso Times
|date=2019-02-05
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|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>
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302111217/http://www.fcaelpaso.com/content/default.aspx
|url-status=dead
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|title=WELCOME TO FCA ONLINE
|publisher=Abundant Living Faith Center
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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
|url=http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/20423966/detail.html
|title=El Paso Church Gives Away School Supplies
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|work=KFOX TV News
|date=August 16, 2009
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|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==
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{{Megachurches}}
[[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]]
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[[Category:1977 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Churches in El Paso County, Texas]]
[[Category:Word of Faith churches]]
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