Christian Kids Go Clubbing for Christ
Club 3 Degrees in Minneapolis makes headlines in Newsweek’s Society section. Here’s the caption: At these new booze-free nightclubs, DJs spin and patrons shake in the name of Jesus Christ. No dirty dancing allowed
bq.. April 19 issue - It’s Saturday night in Minneapolis’s warehouse district, and the revelers are on the loose. They’re staggering from one bar to another, shouting and belching and gallivanting in a booze-fueled bacchanal. But at the biggest venue of all, Club 3 Degrees, a different scene is unfolding. There’s no cigarette smoke, and the only spirits around are the ones you can’t sip. Up onstage, gospel singer Karen Clark-Sheard is glorifying God with rich vocals and personal testimony. “Give Jesus an ovation,” she tells the audience. “I don’t know what you come to do, but I come to get my praise on.” Her fans whoop and holler in response, their arms outstretched and their hands trembling. Says Clark-Sheard: “I think I’m in the right place.”
The devout have found their den of virtue. At Christian nightclubs like Club 3 Degreesbelieved to be the largest and longest-running of the bunchchurchgoers can gather and groove in an environment free of the perceived sinfulness of secular spots. Though there’s no industry group to track the growth of such clubs, anecdotal evidence suggests they’re proliferating in cities like Dallas, Nashville and, most recently, Tamarac, Fla. They range from small coffeehouses with occasional acts to cavernous concert halls featuring rock bands like P.O.D. (Payable on Death) and DJs spinning hip-hop tracks by KJ-52. “The quality [of Christian music] today is so much better,” says Bud Cool, who’s hoping to start a club in St. Louis. “You don’t have to be a dork if you’re a Christian.”
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