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Illinois Church Welcomes Mighty-X-Men

During the Christmas Eve service at Trinity Reformed Church in Fulton, Illinois, everyone stood quietly, holding candles and singing "Silent Night."

"Then a visitor hollered out, 'One more time!'" says pastor Tom Merchant. He adds that if anyone was offended, they didn't show it. "I was proud that our folks really reached out to the guys who had joined us for that service and made them feel welcome," he says.

The "guys" Merchant refers to were ex-offenders, former prisoners that Trinity has embraced through a program called Mighty-X-Men. "Fulton has 3,900 people and three RCA churches, two Christian Reformed churches, and a Presbyterian church," says Merchant. "There are eight RCA churches within 12 miles. If we're going to grow it's going to be with people who look different from us."

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