Beltway Park Church is a

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multi-site

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based in

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. It is affiliated with the

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. In 2016, Beltway Park averaged approximately 4,836 people in attendance each week. The head pastor is David McQueen.

History

The church was founded in 1985 by Pastor Glen Schmucker. Matt Chandler was on staff at Beltway Park from 1996 to 1999 and indicates this time as important in restoring his value for the local church. In 1998, David McQueen became senior pastor. In late 2013, Beltway Park announced plans to construct a new satellite campus on the north side of Abilene. Construction began by December 2013 and was completed in the spring on 2015. In 2014, Beltway college ministry released the album Heaven Came Down. The church was renamed Beltway Park Church in 2015. According to a church census released in 2016, it claimed a weekly attendance of 4,836 people and 2

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Beliefs

The Church has a

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and is a member of the

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Charismatic

Beltway Park has adopted a

charismatic Christian Charismatic Christianity (also known as Spirit-filled Christianity by its supporters) is a form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and modern-day miracles as an everyday part of a believer's life. Practi ...

theology under McQueen's leadership. The church believes that all the

gifts of the Holy Spirit A spiritual gift or charism (plural: charisms or charismata; in Greek singular: χάρισμα ''charisma'', plural: χαρίσματα ''charismata'') is an extraordinary power given by the Holy Spirit."Spiritual gifts". ''A Dictionary of the ...

, such as

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and

Faith healing Faith healing is the practice of prayer and gestures (such as laying on of hands) that are believed by some to elicit divine intervention in spiritual and physical healing, especially the Christian practice. Believers assert that the healing ...

are active in the church today.

Israel

Beltway Park also teaches

Christian Zionism Christian Zionism is a belief among some Christians that the return of the Jews to the Holy Land and the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 were in accordance with Bible prophecy. The term began to be used in the mid-20th century i ...

, the belief in the importance of the evangelism of

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in the church today in accordance with teachings of

Don Finto Don Finto (born April 18, 1930) is a figure in the movement among evangelicals to support the evangelism of the Jewish people. Life Don Finto started his ministry as a missionary in Germany. Upon return to the United States, he began teaching Ger ...

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