South Carolina Church Built in 1 Day Opens for Worship

A congregation in South Carolina that had a church building constructed in a single day held their first worship service at the new facility.

The Christ Family Center, located in the small town of Denmark, had about 300 volunteers build a new worship space last week over the course of a day. They held their first service on Sunday.

The project was overseen by the “Church in a Day” ministry of the United Pentecostal Church International’s North American Missions Division.

Pastor Terry Long, director of the ministry, told The Christian Post in an interview on Tuesday that the Christ Family Center was the 138^th such project since the ministry began in the 1980s. According to Long, at least five projects are planned for next year.

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Long told CP that each CIAD project is “an incredibly structured and well-coordinated effort” that admittedly usually takes between 26 and 30 hours rather than an exact 24-hour day.

“The pastor and local congregation are responsible to purchase the property,” Long…