Pastor Turns Former Halloween Store, Victoria Secret Into Church at Mall

One church in North Carolina is bringing Jesus to the malls this Christmas season, offering worship and gift-wrapping services to holiday shoppers.

Westside Fellowship Church in Alamance County, for the second consecutive year, is renting out two spaces at Holy Hill Mall, hoping to remind people of the true meaning of Christmas.

“Our goal is to take Jesus to the people,” Kurt Ward, executive pastor of Westside Fellowship, told The Christian Post. “Everyone goes to the mall at Christmastime. Christmas has become so commercialized –for many Christmas is just about the shopping and the gifts. Through this outreach, we want to remind people of the true meaning of Christmas.”

“Redeeming” a space formerly rented by Spirit Halloween, the leaders of the church desire to fill the place with the Holy Spirit this Christmas instead. They offer everything from Sunday morning services to prayer stations staffed with volunteers ready to assist anyone in need.

On Fridays and Saturdays, they will also wrap gifts out of a desire to give to the people and be a good neighbor. The service is free to the public and is especially popular among fathers, who shop with their children, Ward described.

Westside Fellowship additionally rents out a former Victoria Secret space for use as a children’s ministry area. To read more, click here.