Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,208,525 members, 8,002,895 topics. Date: Thursday, 14 November 2024 at 08:18 PM

Mosques That Used To Be Churches ℅¶∆√©¿ - Religion - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Religion / Mosques That Used To Be Churches ℅¶∆√©¿ (825 Views)

Daddy Freeze Shares Mobile Bank App For Tithes And Offerings For Churches / Churches And Mosques To Pay Tax In Lagos; Land Use Charge To Be Reviewed / Stop Using Mosques To Preach Hate - Sanusi (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

Mosques That Used To Be Churches ℅¶∆√©¿ by facheux: 4:39pm On Mar 14, 2016
http://www.kybaptist.org/2014/09/22/kentucky-church-buildings-turned-mosques/
LOUISVILLE—The growing trend of former church buildings being turned into mosques and Islamic centers has reached Kentucky’s largest city where even some once-thriving Southern Baptist facilities are now occupied by Muslims.

A former Kentucky Baptist church building in Louisville is now the home of the Guiding Light Islamic Center. (KBC photo)
A former Kentucky Baptist church building in Louisville is now the home of the Guiding Light Islamic Center. It is one of at least three buildings in Kentucky’s largest city that once housed a KBC church that now is home to a world religion. (KBC photo)

“On a trip to England a few years ago, I recall seeing dozens of churches that had become mosques and wondering how it could happen there; now it’s happening here,” said Paul Chitwood, executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

Todd Robertson, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church in Louisville, said the religious makeup of the Bible Belt is rapidly changing with declining membership in many Christian congregations and growing participation in Islam and other religions.

“We have at least three former Baptist churches in Louisville that are no longer Baptist churches—two are mosques

Re: Mosques That Used To Be Churches ℅¶∆√©¿ by facheux: 4:43pm On Mar 14, 2016
Re: Mosques That Used To Be Churches ℅¶∆√©¿ by facheux: 4:44pm On Mar 14, 2016
Re: Mosques That Used To Be Churches ℅¶∆√©¿ by facheux: 4:55pm On Mar 14, 2016

(1) (Reply)

Open Heavens Daily Devotional 27/04/16 / Christians Must Watch As Islamic Plot Thickens!!! / Did Jesus And Isaiah Prophesise The Coming Of Muhammad? 2

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 7
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.