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    The Holy Land Experience

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Contact Information

    Address: 4655 Vineland Road , Orlando, FL 32811
    Website: http://www.theholylandexperience.com/

    Description

    The Holy Land Experience does not consider itself a theme park. According to its website, The Holy Land Experience is "a living, biblical history museum that takes you 7,000 miles away and 3,000 years back in time to the land of the Bible." Through its tours...
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    Iglesia Jesus de Nazaret

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 602-268-9224
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    Overview

    The Iglesia Jesus de Nazaret was started by Reverend Alfredo O. Serna in South Phoenix and has occupied several locations before settling into to its present structure (a remodeled home) in 1980. This church, with services exclusively in Spanish, exemplifies the dramatic growth of evangelical Protestantism among Latina and Latino...
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    North Phoenix Baptist Church

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 602-707-5757
    Website: http://www.npbc.org
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    History

    This Baptist church began in the late 1950s on donated property near downtown Phoenix. The congregation grew steadily, and in 1976 the church moved to its present forty acre site, still in the central part of the city. This mega-church is marked by its innovative ministry and full-service...
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    Living Word Bible Church

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 480-964-4463
    Website: http://www.Living-Word.com
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    History

    The dramatic population growth of the East Valley has been mirrored by the expansion of a new type of church, dubbed by some "Mega-Churches." These large, mostly Protestant churches include features and conveniences not often found in smaller-scale, traditional congregations and are a noted...
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    Tempe First United Methodist Church

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 21 May 2003.

    Phone: 480-967-3376
    Email: aker4@earthlink.net
    Website: http://www.gbgm-umc.org/tfumc/
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    History

    Methodism reached the Arizona territory in 1868, with the itinerant preaching and revival activities of John L. Dyer of Colorado. The Church community grew slowly in the post-Civil War years, with only 33 members in the entire region by 1879. After a...
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    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 28 August 2015.

    Phone: 480-892-7072
    Website: http://www.lds.org
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    History

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) has a long history in Arizona and in the Valley. The East Valley city of Mesa was established by LDS missionaries in 1883, and a major early temple was dedicated there in 1927. Mesa, the third largest city in the state, has a population estimated to be...
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    East Valley Assembly of God (Tempe First Assembly of God)

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 25 October 2006.

    Phone: 480-831-7524
    Email: kerux@myexcel.com
    Website: http://www.azag.org
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    History

    The East Valley Assembly of God (also known as the Tempe First Assembly of God) is one of the older Assemblies of God organizations in the Valley. The church was founded Pastors Cox and Eaton in the early 1960s and has grown to match the expanding suburbs and...
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    Vineyard Church North Phoenix

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 623-934-4000
    Email: djohnson@vcfnp.com
    Website: http://www.vcfnp.com
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    History

    Started in a private home in 1985, the original nucleus of the church was a small group called Our Father's House Fellowship. In 1987 the group affiliated with the Vineyard Christian Fellowship and in that same year grew enough to rent space in a retail...
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    Harrisburg Chinese Alliance Church

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 717-541-1141
    Email: harrisburgcac@yahoo.com
    Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~harrisburgcac

    Activities and Schedule

    Sundays:
    Worship: 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
    Sunday School/Bible Study: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    Lunch: 12:30 p.m. B 1:30 p.m.
    Weekdays: Evening Bible Studies at various locations in the greater Harrisburg area (...
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    Emmanuel Spanish United Methodist Church (Iglesia Metodista Unida Emmanuel)

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Contact Information

    Address: 912 South 21st Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104

    Activities and Schedule

    Sunday school and services are held every Sunday, beginning at 10:45 a.m. and lasting until approximately 2:00 p.m. Bible Study and Youth Night are held on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
    Children are very important to the congregation. In addition to Bible study...
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    First Baptist Church of Garden Lakes

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 623-936-7148
    Email: fbcgl@earthlink.com
    Website: http://www.fbcgardenlakes.org
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    History

    The First Baptist Church of Garden Lakes has its origins in the small, largely rural community of Cashion (in the northwest Valley) in 1953. At the start, the church consisted of nine members -- today, fifty years later, church membership is over 900....
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    All Saints Catholic Newman Center

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 480-967-7823
    Website: http://www.newman-asu.org
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    History

    The oldest church in the Phoenix area is Saint Mary's Church/ Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, located now with the All Saints Catholic Newman Center in Tempe. In February, 2003, the community celebrated its centennial.
    The original brick church was...
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    Alleluia Lutheran Student Ministry

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 480-894-2610
    Email: alleluia@asu.edu
    Website: http://www.azalleluia.com
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    Overview

    The Alleluia Lutheran Student Ministry, located just west of the Arizona State University (ASU) campus in Tempe, is a small religious community that primarily serves ASU and local community college students. Reaching college students -- often-times considered...
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    Community of Joy

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 623-561-0500
    Website: http://www.joyonline.org
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    History

    The Community of Joy is one the fastest growing churches in the entire nation, expanding from 200 members in 1978 to over 10,000 today. Started in Glendale in 1974, the church moved to its current 127 acre site in 1996. Noted for its innovative prayer and worship services, this "mega-church" has...
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    St. Katherine Greek Orthodox

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 480-899-3330
    Website: http://www.st-katherine.org
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    History

    Before the present church was built, Greek Orthodox worshippers in the rapidly-growing east Valley community of Chandler leased a room at a local elementary school for their Sunday services. In the late 1970s a number of first, second and third generation Greek-Americans, along with an...
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    St. Ignatius of Antioch

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 480-892-6224
    Website: http://www.saintig.org
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    History

    The Saint Ignatius of Antioch Mission began in the east Valley city of Gilbert in 1998 when four Episcopalian families converted to Orthodox Christianity. They joined with a handful of other Phoenix-based converts to Orthodoxy to create their own worship community. Most members (approximately 70%)...
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    Saint Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery

    Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 11 October 2009.

    Phone: 520-868-3188
    Email: monastery@stanthonysmonastery.org
    Website: http://stanthonysmonastery.org
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    Overview

    Located near Florence (a city approximately 80 miles southeast of the Phoenix metropolitan area), St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery was established in 1995 with the arrival of six Athonite monks from Greece. Invited by an active...
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