Rounding up the faithful
Cowboy churches. Laid-back but filled with spirit, Western Heritage gatherings give hardworking folks a place to "come as they are" to worship.
By Electa Draper
The Denver Post

Pastor Shorty likes to keep his sermons short and simple because that's the cowboy way and his is a cowboy church.

"We're not into religion. We're not into ritual. We're just here to worship the Lord," says Glen "Shorty" Huffman of the 50 or so faithful filing into a converted metal barn outside Kersey on a Monday evening.

"You can come here straight from the field with manure on your boots or tractor grease on your jeans. There are people here who would never grace the door of a conventional church."
Jesus would approve of the informal, "come as you are," approach, Huffman says. the rest image