Churches loss a great shame (From South Wales Argus)

• "Interesting to read mr Smiths previous letter that was also printed in the argus which totally contradicts this one...
  
  EVERY week in the South Wales Argus, we read of local chapels and churches closing down because of declining congregations, lack of money or falling into disrepair.
  
  The latest is Christchurch Aberbeeg, but it is pointless 700 people signing a petition to keep it open if only 10 can be bothered to attend the church.
  
  In many cases, if the churches do not fall down, they are turned into mosques or warehouses.
  
  In Cwmbran the reverse has happened, a converted ex-convict, Pastor Richard Taylor, has converted a factory building into the Victory church, a modern independent Pentecostal Church, drawing a weekly congregation of 300 plus.
  
  
  
  With modern musical backing to hymns, good sound amplification and TV screens, delivering hour-long inspiring sermons it is described as awesome by those who attend.
  
  It seems someone has got it right while traditionalists are stuck in the past.
  
  R John Smith, Greenwood Avenue, West Pontnewydd, Cwmbran
  
  Make your mind up fella!!"
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