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Big Church

Written by Brian Tarcy

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

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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About the author

Brian Tarcy

Brian Tarcy is co-founder of Cape Cod Wave. He is a longtime journalist who has written for the Boston Globe, Boston magazine, the Cape Cod Times and several other publications. He is the author of "YOU CAN'T SELL RIGHT FIELD; A Cape Cod Novel." He is also the author or co-author of more than a dozen mostly non-fiction books, including books with celebrity athletes Cam Neely, Tom Glavine and Joe Theisman. His previous book was, "ALMOST: 12 Electric Months Chasing A Silicon Valley Dream" with Hap Klopp,who created the iconic brand, The North Face.
For more information, see Briantarcy.com
Brian is a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan with a long-running NFL predictions/political satire column connecting weekly world events to the fate of his favorite team, now at Whatsgonnahappen.com.

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