Drive-in worship service

A CHURCH in the city of Bengaluru will conduct a drive-in worship service today where the congregation can attend in the comfort of their cars to maintain physical distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“For the past 12 weeks, we have been streaming daily devotions and our Sunday services live, through our website and social media handles like Youtube and Facebook with great success. However, we as a community have been yearning to meet up and worship together,” Bethel AG Church International Worship Centre’s pastor in charge Reverend Johnson V said on Wednesday, about the drive-in service.

Dubbed as Worship on Wheels, the church at Hebbal in Bengaluru will accommodate cars as well as two-wheelers in a newly acquired three acre plot, named Temple of God.

The church acquired the plot in December 2019, located 200 metres away from the current church complex in Hebbal, with the aim to build a larger church building to accommodate the increasing congregation.

Claiming to be the first of its kind Sunday service in India, the church said it is making all arrangements to ensure a 100% contact-less service.

Accordingly, there will be no seating arrangement, and all other common touch points such as toilets, canteens and resource centres will be off-limits.

The Bethel Church will be installing multiple screens and speakers at the drive-in service, including live streaming the devotion.