{"id":806,"date":"2011-01-21T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=806"},"modified":"2011-02-23T18:35:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:35:17","slug":"surrey-biker-church-welcomes-all-patches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/21\/surrey-biker-church-welcomes-all-patches\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey Biker Church Welcomes All Patches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week I <a title=\"Want to buy a church?\" href=\"..\/index.php\/2011\/01\/18\/want_to_buy_a_church\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted an article<\/a> that covered the rapid closures of churches across Canada, but in particular in the Atlantic provinces. I posted the story not to raise a white flag, signifying the inevitable demise of the Canadian church. Rather, I wanted each of us to increase our resolve to see Canada\u2019s churches become more healthy and robust than ever.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/biker-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"biker church\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" \/>I needed to wait just a day for the Canadian media to provide a surprising dose of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Checking out Vancouver\u2019s <em>Province<\/em> newspaper online I read that the spirit of innovation that is truly spreading across the country had appeared in a most distinctive way.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this new expression of \u201cchurch\u201d, and be inspired.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\"><strong>Surrey Biker Church Welcomes All Patches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">By Tom Zillich, Surrey Now<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\">\u201cWe are definitely not a club, we are a church that welcomes all patches,\u201d church founder Chuck Pearce said. \u201cWe have to be sensitive to all that, because in the biker community, when you wear a patch it has huge significance, just like membership does. We are all about being a family, being a brotherhood, and that\u2019s what bikers look for. They want to be accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px;\"><a title=\"Biker Church Article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theprovince.com\/news\/Surrey+biker+church+welcomes+patches\/4132885\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week I posted an article that covered the rapid closures of churches across Canada, but in particular in the Atlantic provinces. I posted the story not to raise a white flag, signifying the inevitable demise of the Canadian church. 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