[Sly Fox]

Building Congregations Around Art Galleries and Cafes as Spirituality Wanes

By AMY O’LEARY
Published: December 29, 2012

DALLAS — The mural painted on the side of a building in the Deep Ellum warehouse district here is intentionally vague, simply showing a faceless man in a suit holding an umbrella over the words “Life in Deep Ellum.” Inside there are the trappings of a revitalization project, including an art gallery, a yoga studio and a business incubator, sharing the building with a coffee shop and a performance space.

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Thoughts?

[Purple Haize]

I have a friend from college who left the pulpit of a very large church in Ohio to do just this sort of thing.