Pastor Jim Matthews preaches with his cowboy hat on. That is just one of the many things that make the Cape County Cowboy Church a little different. Matthews said the Cowboy Church was founded 20 ...

When it comes to the modern image of the cowboy, there are certain attributes that most everyone agrees upon. He's usually chivalrous, for instance, and he has a taste for adventure. He's rugged, ...

LORANGER, La. — Before he stands at a pulpit, before he wears a microphone, before he delivers a sermon, Pastor Randy Smith of the Crossbrand Cowboy Church leads a prayer behind the rodeo arena. Just ...

Before you reach the Lone Star Cowboy Church, you first have to pass the church's rodeo arena. That's their fishing pond. Tuesday is usually team roping night at the arena, whether for practice or a ...

Nashville’s cowboy church has no organ, no bulletin, no altar, and no stained-glass windows. Worshipers wear their Stetson hats indoors, and ushers pass their hats to collect the offering. As country ...

WAXAHACHIE, Texas - Moments after flying headfirst onto the arena floor dirt, the man gets up and brushes off his protective vest as rodeo clowns rush in to distract the still-bucking bull. The crowd ...

FISCHER - You don't need a cowboy hat to attend Cowboys for Jesus Christian Fellowship, but if you have one, you can wear it during services. Most folks take theirs off, but just about anything goes ...

On any given Sunday at the Wagoner County Fairgrounds in Coweta, cowboys and cowgirls will meet for a time of worship at the All-Around Cowboy Church. The church has been meeting for one full year, ...

A Southwest Virginia pastor said all too often God is shoved out of society -- including a Moneta barn where the minister has held six "cowboy church" services that appeal to the come-as-you-are crowd ...

There is no revival service scheduled -- but one Bedford County church is planning to move into a tent. The nondenominational Cowboy Church of Virginia is relocating its Moneta service from a barn ...