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July 18, 2011

USAT: 'Instant churches' convert public schools to worship spaces

by Cathy Lynn Grossman and Natalie DiBlasio
USA Today

Praise the Lord and pass the crates with the pre-fab pulpit and the portable baptistery inside. The Forest Hills Community Church is moving into P.S. 144 — sort of.

Every Sunday morning, the elementary school in Queens, like dozens more schools in New York City and thousands more nationwide, is transformed into a house of worship for a few hours.

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