Former brothel becomes a church

[Gumleaf]

08:09 AEST Sun Apr 5 2009


A former brothel in New Zealand has a new owner - a Christian church group.

Queenstown Christian leaders Chris and Janet Barraclough have moved their Vineyard Church into the former Candy's Gentlemen's Club in Shotover Street in the South Island city of Queenstown.

The former brothel, which offered spas, saunas and massages, closed in December when the building's lease ran out.

The first Vineyard church was founded in California in 1974 and there are now more than 1,500 churches worldwide.

A sign outside the building described Vineyard Churches as "orthodox and evangelical in belief, while at the same time practising Pentecostal power".

[Sage]

Disappointing, speaking dirty is more fun than speaking tongues.

[Gumleaf]

hmm, i'm a believer that its the people that make the church, not the building. i'm sure they would have renovated and changed it and stuff. apart from people knowing what was there before, there is probably nothing there now to suggest a brothel had been there to start with.

[Cloud]

well there wont be many new sounds coming form inside theyll still have the same old
"OH GOD, OH GOD, OH GOD"

[Sage]

well there wont be many new sounds coming form inside theyll still have the same old
"OH GOD, OH GOD, OH GOD"

Forgive me father!!