Here’s an excerpt from an August 23rd article in St. Petersburg Times suggesting Randy White is resurrecting Without Walls Church.

White said the church is taking steps to attract new members, many of whom don’t know the recent history. There’s free valet parking for visitors and an expanded coffee shop, according to news reports.  Church leaders speak of the day when appeals for tithes will cease, a move that could possibly silence some of Without Walls’ critics who have long claimed it focuses too much on money.

Can Randy go it alone, or was Paula’s star power driving the machine? Will Randy’s new seeker-friendly approach help rebuild the church? Reach this excerpt and you decide:

It has been arguably the toughest year in the 17-year history of Without Walls International Church, once the largest church in Florida and the fastest-growing congregation in the country.

A year ago this month, its founders announced they were divorcing. Three months later, a U.S. senator launched a federal inquiry into the church’s finances. Some 50 percent of the 22,000-member congregation left in the aftermath, dragging collections down by half.

With the departure of his high-profile evangelist wife, the Rev. Randy White, the church’s co-founder and senior pastor, is dealing alone with the new realities.

This summer, White blocked the Internet broadcast of church services within a 60-mile radius of the ministry’s Grady Avenue campus. White said he took the step to encourage “lazy Christians” to come to church.

Earlier, he directed staff members to remove 500 chairs from the sanctuary because they sat empty during two Sunday morning services, which have since been merged into one. White said he needed to ease the strain of preaching twice as he dealt with personal crises, which also included his daughter’s death.

Despite all this, White, 50, says his church is “alive and well.”

“We’re coming back stronger,” he said in a recent interview. “It’s not rhetoric, but it’s reality. The God we serve is the God of a second chance.”

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