Tuesday, February 12, 2008

'Get Mike Down' Pastor Lives on Rooftop for a Week

By Jennifer Riley
Christian Post Reporter
Sun, Feb. 10 2008 12:52 PM ET


Dr. Mike Hattabaugh, founding pastor of Gathering Community Church in Farmington, N.M., lived outdoors this past week on the roof of Treadworks, a tire company, in New Mexico.

“It is hard to wrap your arms around 15 million orphans [in Africa],” said Hattabaugh, who is also director of the National Day of Care, to The Christian Post in an earlier interview. “That’s bigger than a lot of states in the United States. That’s like eight New Mexico’s just full of orphans. It is just hard to grasp that.”

“So I thought if I lived on a roof that is how people will get their arms wrapped around the idea,” he explained. “It is a good connection. People ask why are you doing this and I use it to draw people’s attention.”

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