HAM LAKE, Minn. - Even in the most liberal translations, the Bible doesn't mention 10-gallon hats or roping cattle. Nevertheless, Minnesota's first cowboy-themed church is thriving in Ham Lake. The ...

Horses, hay and the Holy Spirit. Advertisement Article continues below this ad That's life these days for Pastor Dan Boyd. The Kansas native runs a roving "cowboy church," preaching the Bible atop ...

MOUNT VERNON, ILL. — Wearing a white cowboy hat and preaching atop his horse Coby, Pastor Steve Hamson gives a modern-day meaning to “sermon on the mount.” With a Bible in one hand and reins in the ...

Some 75 people gathered at 6:45 Easter morning for a sunrise service on U.S. 70 in rural Saline County. The gathering looked like a combination of a tailgate party and a posse being organized. That’s ...

MONTGOMERY — Randy Weaver knew what it would take to make his dream of a cowboy church a reality. After two years of preaching at three sites, he had negotiated in 1999 for a 41-acre, overgrown tract ...

The abundant spread of food-filled pans and steaming Crock-Pots resembled just about any other potluck church dinner, but the snort of a horse and the aroma of its arena was a sure sign that it wasn't ...

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, ...

At the start of "Cowboy Church" last Sunday, morning light shone through the 8-foot-tall windows behind Ronnie Moyer in the makeshift sanctuary on the second floor of the Houston Livestock Show and ...

PACOLET — Hundreds of unwelcome guests used to show up and annoy the Rev. Mitch Trammel during his sermons. The gnats. They would come in swarms. Many of them would land in the pastor's mouth at times ...

Even in the most liberal translations, the Bible doesn’t mention 10-gallon hats or roping cattle. Nevertheless, Minnesota’s first cowboy-themed church is thriving in Ham Lake. The Open Range Cowboy ...