About us

The San Angelo Cowboy Church is a low barrier seeker sensitive church. 

Everything we do (or don't do) is guided by one simple question: will doing this make it easier for those not familiar with Jesus Christ to come to church and hear the gospel?  If the answer is no, then we will put it aside unless doing so would violate the clear teaching of scripture. To put it another way, Cowboy Church is not designed to make church folks comfortable. It is designed to be a safe welcoming environment for those unaccustomed to attending church.  Because this is so, you will find a number of things that are different about our church:

We let people come and go anonymously.

Many people today value their space and time above all else. They don't want unannounced visits or telephone calls during dinner. At Cowboy Church, we give them all the space they want.  We do not ask them to fill out a visitors card nor do we do follow up with them until they give us permission to do so.

We seldom do altar calls.

While going to the front of the church for prayer is an age old tradition, it is one that makes many people uncomfortable-especially if they are required to stand up before several hundred people in order to accept Christ or receive prayer.  We always make prayer available, but we do not require people to come to the front to receive it.

We don't pass the offering plate.

Although we need money to operate just as any church does, we do not believe that money should become the focal point of a church. If someone's heart leads them to give, we provide a place for them to do so. If their heart does not lead them to give, that's alright too. We believe God will provide.

We let the band do most of the singing.

While many Christians deeply enjoy an emotionally engaging worship service, many people unfamiliar with church find it confusing and sometimes even stressful. Emotional displays scare them. So, we forgo some of these things in order that they can settle down and actually hear what the songs and the message are saying about Jesus Christ.

And of course, we let people come as they are.

Let's face it. Some folks don't have time to dress up, some folks don't have the clothes to dress up with, and some folks wouldn't dress up even if they could. No matter what people choose to wear, we want them to hear the gospel. So, there's no dress code here. People are encouraged to wear whatever is comfortable to them.

None of these things are incidental or accidental. They are all designed to give the person who doesn't know Christ an opportunity to hear the gospel. Literally hundreds of churches in our area cater to the mature Christian.  We just believe there should be at least one that's designed to reach out to those who do not yet know Christ.