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| | Redeemed Christian Church of God :: Nigerian church puts Texans' love for their neighbours to the test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The Nigerian church, founded in Lagos in 1952, paid about $1m (£580,000) for 198 hectares (490 acres) of pasture, on which it is planning to build cottages, a 10,000-seat amphitheatre, an artificial lake and possibly a modest waterpark, leading some to dub it a Christian Disneyland. |
 | | The church, which now has upwards of three million members in 80 countries, has compared its arrival in Floyd to the days when white missionaries first spread their message in Africa. |
 | | And just like those Europeans venturing into the unknown, the evangelical church believes it is on a personal mission from God, this time to rescue Christians from the material excesses and moral torpor of American society. |
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