No, the goal was to reach people where they live, to delve deeply into the urban landscape, to leverage existing assets, foster communities and tie them together.

It's the old way of "doing" Christianity, said the Rev. Steve Wood. It's what the Apostle Paul did when he left the synagogue in Ephesus for the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

A robust and rich model of Christian thinking-the quality of thinking that culminates in a God-centered worldview-requires that we see all truth as interconnected. Ultimately, the systematic wholeness of truth can be traced to the fact that God is himself the author of all truth. Christianity is not a set of doctrines in the sense that a mechanic operates with a set of tools.

A robust and rich model of Christian thinking-the quality of thinking that culminates in a God-centered worldview-requires that we see all truth as interconnected. Ultimately, the systematic wholeness of truth can be traced to the fact that God is himself the author of all truth. Christianity is not a set of doctrines in the sense that a mechanic operates with a set of tools.

"We had an 8:30 a.m. service and our main service is closed," explained Rev. Ken Turnbull of St. Aidan's Anglican Church from his seat in the arena. "I think it's very important to do things together and to gather together for worship."