From Delaware- (with video)
It's a good bet that Brad Kellum will be the only Delaware pastor to take the stage this morning and launch into a heavy-metal medley that starts with Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" as a fog machine shrouds the musicians in mist.
It will be Kellum's third "ResurROCKtion" Easter, and he believes he will attract more teens and twentysomethings than most churches on this holiest day on the Christian calendar.
He's been running ads on Philadelphia rock station WMMR-FM and made his church's business card look like a backstage concert pass.
"I'm inviting you to an Easter service at North Life Community Church I know your Mom ain't never been to," he told listeners in the radio spots. "Our live band will be covering songs from Ozzy, Zeppelin, U2, Disturbed and more ... ResurROCKtion, it will rock the hell out of you."
If this sounds edgy and rebellious, that's the idea. For the 37-year-old pastor, who will wear a black T-shirt for the concert, this is Jesus' great commission (Matthew 28:19): To preach the Gospel to a new generation wary of the church.
More here-
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110424/LIFE10/104240374/A-rockin-rebirth?odyssey=tab%7Cmostpopular%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
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