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My church, Crooked Creek Baptist Church, is a friendly and welcoming one. We would, however, prefer that visitors park their cars in the parking lot and enter on foot\u2026\n<\/p>\n

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These are photos another church member took on Sunday morning. I'm guessing they are self-explanatory\u2026<\/p>\n

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My church, Crooked Creek Baptist Church, is a friendly and welcoming one. We would, however, prefer that visitors park their cars in the parking lot and enter on foot\u2026 These are photos another church member took on Sunday morning. I’m guessing they are self-explanatory\u2026 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[325,1621,1880,2265,2311],"class_list":["post-12566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity-religion","tag-accident","tag-cars","tag-church","tag-crash","tag-crooked-creek-baptist-church"],"yoast_head":"\nCan a Church Be Too Inviting?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My church, Crooked Creek Baptist Church, is a friendly and welcoming one. 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