MT. VERNON, Ill. - Wearing a white cowboy hat and preaching atop his horse Coby, Pastor Steve Hamson gives a modern-day meaning to "sermon on the mount." With a Bible in one hand and the reins of the ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — At high noon in the Stockyards Station, just after the longhorn cattle drive down Exchange Avenue and just before the gunfight show, a congregation comes to worship. Pastor George ...

ABILENE — It doesn’t look anything like a church. The floor is dirt-covered with old tarps. Decorations include old cowboy boots, rope, saddles and wagon wheels. The New Trail Fellowship Church, ...

The name alone often results in images of rustic décor, pastors delivering sermons while seated on horses, worship services in open arenas, cowboys roping cattle and baptisms in cattle troughs. Though ...

Moments after flying headfirst onto the arena floor dirt, the man gets up and brushes off his protective vest as rodeo clowns rush in to distract the still-bucking bull. The crowd cheers as the ...

To the casual observer, it appeared to be a typical livestock auction. Standing room only, the building was packed with ranchers, farmers and horse owners. The smell of manure and sweat filled the air ...

A cold wind blew through the barn Sunday - over the horse stalls, across the crowd sitting in blue metal chairs with heads bowed and clear to the front. George McConathy closed his eyes, and gripped ...

The abundant spread of food-filled pans and steaming Crock-Pots resembled just about any other potluck church dinner, but the snort of a horse and the aroma of its arena was a sure sign that it wasn't ...

FORT WORTH, Texas – At high noon in the Stockyards Station, just after the longhorn cattle drive down Exchange Avenue and just before the gunfight show, a congregation comes to worship. Pastor George ...