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Pilgrim said:
A question that comes to mind immediately, is how did such a financially-strapped church come into being in the first place? Did someone just decide to start a church on their own? Or was it started under the auspices of an already established church? If the former, by what authority was this group of people joined together as a church? If the latter, then it would be the responsibility of the Elders and Deacons who are overseeing this new work to supply the needs required.

Most might be started because they did not like what was being preached at the church they were at so they decide to start their own.
In Killeen, Tx there are a lot of store front churches.