December 7, 2018
New Vintage Church Restores Historic Theater for Church and Community
By Mel McGowan How’s this for a metaphor? An old movie theater sits abandoned and crumbling on a street corner. It was originally built to bring joy and entertainment to the people of a town. But the years haven’t been kind. Fire and poor upkeep stole its luster. Big cinemas down the street killed its business. For a while, it survived as an adult movie house. Thirty years passed, and apart from the rats, nobody wanted anything to do with The Ritz. Sound familiar? This story could be the illustration for any sinner’s life. Yours? Mine? But it’s also






