Flatirons Community Church
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Flatirons Community Church is a large non-denominational church in Lafayette, Colorado
, a northern suburb of Denver, Colorado
, USA.
The church was launched in 1997 and grew fast, with 200 members by 1999 and 1,700 members in 2002.
In 2001 the church was holding services in what had been a carpet store in the Coal Creek Shopping Center, with a seating capacity of only 260, and had to hold five services each Sunday.
The church heard that a feed store next door which could accommodate 1,200 people was coming available at the end of the year, and drew up plans to lease it and renovate it for use as a church.
They ran into zoning law obstacles, but in May 2002 gained permission to occupy this property while acquiring a lot a mile away on which they could build a permanent center.
As of 2008 Flatirons had weekly attendance of 7,200.
Although the new property had been purchased, the church had not immediately started construction.
The Lafayette City Council approved a site plan for the new church building in November 2008, but in November 2009 the church again ran into zoning law problems.
Residents of nearby communities objected to the proposed 117000 square feet (10,869.7 m²) building with 1,000 parking spaces and an auditorium to seat 3,000 people on the basis that the roads could not accommodate the traffic, which would disrupt their neighborhoods.
Store owners near the existing site also objected, concerned about loss of shoppers.
In April 2010 the church was considering an alternative plan to move to two large vacant buildings in a mall across the street from their current location.
The church features modern worship music alongside a Biblically-based spoken message during a typical weekend service.
The music is not limited to worship songs, but includes songs by popular bands such as the Foo Fighters and Black Eyed Peas.
By 2010, weekend attendance was ranging from 8,500 to 10,000 people, with a record attendance of over 11,300 people on 22 January 2010.
Over 22,000 people attended during Easter weekend in 2011.
Lafayette, Colorado
The City of Lafayette is a Home Rule Municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 23,884 on 2005-07-01.- Geography :Lafayette is located at ....
, a northern suburb of Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, USA.
The church was launched in 1997 and grew fast, with 200 members by 1999 and 1,700 members in 2002.
In 2001 the church was holding services in what had been a carpet store in the Coal Creek Shopping Center, with a seating capacity of only 260, and had to hold five services each Sunday.
The church heard that a feed store next door which could accommodate 1,200 people was coming available at the end of the year, and drew up plans to lease it and renovate it for use as a church.
They ran into zoning law obstacles, but in May 2002 gained permission to occupy this property while acquiring a lot a mile away on which they could build a permanent center.
As of 2008 Flatirons had weekly attendance of 7,200.
Although the new property had been purchased, the church had not immediately started construction.
The Lafayette City Council approved a site plan for the new church building in November 2008, but in November 2009 the church again ran into zoning law problems.
Residents of nearby communities objected to the proposed 117000 square feet (10,869.7 m²) building with 1,000 parking spaces and an auditorium to seat 3,000 people on the basis that the roads could not accommodate the traffic, which would disrupt their neighborhoods.
Store owners near the existing site also objected, concerned about loss of shoppers.
In April 2010 the church was considering an alternative plan to move to two large vacant buildings in a mall across the street from their current location.
The church features modern worship music alongside a Biblically-based spoken message during a typical weekend service.
The music is not limited to worship songs, but includes songs by popular bands such as the Foo Fighters and Black Eyed Peas.
By 2010, weekend attendance was ranging from 8,500 to 10,000 people, with a record attendance of over 11,300 people on 22 January 2010.
Over 22,000 people attended during Easter weekend in 2011.