We’ve seen drive-thru church before, but a drive-in church, well that’s something new. It’s the Daytona Beach Drive-In Christian Church in Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. Apparently it goes back to 1953. So it’s not new.
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Drive-In Church
March 5, 2006 by Kevin D. Hendricks
Kevin D. Hendricks
When Kevin isn't busy as the editor of Church Marketing Sucks, he runs his own writing and editing company, Monkey Outta Nowhere. Kevin has been blogging since 1998, runs the hyperlocal site West St. Paul Reader, and has published several books, including 137 Books in One Year: How to Fall in Love With Reading, The Stephanies and all of our church communication books.
14 Responses to “Drive-In Church”
Dave J.
March 5, 2006
Its not the only one. In Grand Rapids Michigan we have the Woodland Drive-in Church.
http://wdi.gospelcom.net/
Brian G
March 5, 2006
Robert Schuller’s ministry started out as a drive in church before he built the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove CA.
Chris Clifton
March 5, 2006
Yep, I’ve been to the Daytona Drive-In church. What can I say? It’s like a drive-in. My family owns a condo on the beach a few blocks away from it. It’s the only drive-in church I’ve ever been to. And, what a good place to have it too..with bike week and all. :)
Conservative Culture
March 6, 2006
The Drive-In Christian Church
I saw this church near the beach one year while in Florida some years back. Right across from the beach I thought it was an interesting approach. It wasn’t Sunday when we were there so we drove by the entrance shack. Apparently you pick up your …
David Springstead
March 6, 2006
The old Drive-In Theater in my hometown on Ohio used to do that on Sunday morning for people, especially for tourists.
Linda Williams
July 5, 2011
where in Ohio was the drive-in church? and what type? if Michigan can have one why can’t we? Went to the Disciples of Christ church in Daytona Beach South 3 time when there during the winter and loved it –had everything we do inside except I felt closer by being outside!
petz
March 6, 2006
every year when we visit with my grandparents over christmas in florida, this is our familys’ church of choice…it’s really not too bad…all things considered…very tourist oriented.
Luke
March 8, 2006
Whoa… my family used to attend that church every year when we were in DBC for vacation. It was great.. you could roll in your pajamas, and just tune the radio to a certain channel and pick up the music (which was horrible traditionally), and the sermon.
Another cool thing…. guys in golf carts drive car to car to collect the offering :)
Linda Williams
July 5, 2011
when I was there the “ushers” who collected offering walked down the rows of cars – the weekly bulletin indicated 2 services each Sunday and a total offering of $7,000 or more each wk with around 750-825 attending/wk
mikey
March 9, 2006
And we can all take a lesson from them on creative fundraising:
http://www.driveinchurch.net/flags.htm
Matt
March 11, 2006
I’m a guest pianist tomorrow at a drive-in church here in southern California. The main congo is in the building, but the big window opens up and they actually acknowledge those tuning in on their radios.
Linda Williams
July 5, 2011
my daughter lives in California and my son is thinking of moving to Silicon Valley next yr – he works in IT – where is your church in southern California and what type? In FL the minister walks out on a balcony to give his sermon and – yes, we listened via radio station to him, choir, and could join in as words in bulletin – if I’m visiting (or move) to Calif I’d like to know where it is –
Dan
March 9, 2010
We attended that church when in Daytona. We liked it. Check out the post I made. Could God be in this?
http://thewaywarriors.blogspot.com/2010/03/drive-in-christian-church.html
Christine
January 24, 2011
What a great and interesting approach!
You know, it’s funny, I wondered about this when I was a kid. It was Easter and the Catholic Church we attended in Kennesaw, GA was always packed, and I mentioned to my family how interesting and great it would be that if all seating/standing space inside the church was exhausted, that there should be a special parking lot (with those speaker posts you see at movie drive-in’s) for those who just want to sit in their cars and listen to the service.