FALMOUTH – There are so many people who don’t go to church that “the church for people that don’t go to church” is soon going to be one of the biggest churches in New England.
“It’s massive,” said Frank Kilduff, a member of Cape Cod Church and a volunteer helping with the construction. “It’s a huge undertaking. I’m just amazed that all the parts are going together.”
Big Church
The “entrepreneurial” Cape Cod Church, aka the Cape Cod Baptist Church, which started 21 years ago in a plumbing building in East Falmouth, is constructing a 40,000-square-foot building, including a 1,000-seat auditorium for services, on 10 acres of land on Route 151 in Falmouth.
Alongside the building will be a 100-foot tall steel coated cross, with a concrete foundation, and a covering designed to resemble sails.
The site is located across the street from the Barnstable County Fairgrounds, two-tenths of a mile from the Mashpee town line. Construction started last June and is scheduled to be finished next spring.
“The legal name is Cape Cod Baptist Church,” said Senior Pastor Ben Feldott, “but I tell people that ‘Baptist’ is like a middle name… A lot of people will tell you church is boring. ‘I don’t have time’ is just code for ‘church is boring and I’d rather be golfing.’ Well, we are the church that attracts people that don’t usually go to church. We made a concerted effort
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