Times Square Church
| Times Square Church | |
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Front entrance of Times Square Church
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| 40°45′44″N 73°59′02″W / 40.76222°N 73.98389°W | |
| Location | 237 West 51st Street New York City, New York 10019 |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Interdenomination |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Founded | October 1987 |
| Founder(s) | David Wilkerson |
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| Senior pastor(s) | Carter Conlon |
| Pastor(s) | Patrick Pierre William Carrol Teresa Conlon Benjamin Crandall Pastor David Ham |
Coordinates: 40°45′44″N 73°59′02″W / 40.76222°N 73.98389°W
Times Square Church is an inter-denominational church located at 237 West 51st Street in the Theater District of Manhattan, New York City. A large number of people representing over one hundred nationalities gather to worship together every week. Volunteers from the congregation participate in over forty ministries, ranging from feeding the homeless in New York City to staffing an orphanage in South Africa. A major emphasis at Times Square Church is giving aid to the disadvantaged.
The Times Square Church was founded by Pastor David Wilkerson in 1987. At the time, Times Square was known as a center of X-rated films, strip clubs, prostitution, and drug addiction. Pastor Wilkerson opened the church in response to what he described as "the physically destitute and spiritually dead people" he saw among the pimps, runaways and crack dealers who populated the area. The Times Square Church briefly held its services in The Town Hall on 43rd Street in Manhattan and then in the Nederlander Theatre on 41st Street. In 1989 the church moved to the former Mark Hellinger Theatre, its current location on 51st Street.
There are a total of six services throughout the week. There are four services on Sunday at 10:00 AM, 1:00 PM which is for new believers, 3:00 PM which is an ongoing teaching service led by a variety of teachers, including Times Square Church pastors and elders. The teachings address doctrinal as well as practical topics. The service includes a time of worship, as well as communion and prayer for missions. The 35- minute teaching is followed by a time of prayer. And 6:00 PM which is an evangelistic service which presents the Gospel through worship, music, testimonies, drama and a brief message. On Tuesday at 7:00 PM which is a worldwide prayer meeting service, and on Friday again at 7:00 PM which is a service known as The Gate which is for young people from the ages of 12 to 29.
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