Evangelist Bill Keller, photo via charismamag.com

Christian center to open near proposed Ground Zero mosque

A Florida evangelist is responding to efforts to build a multimillion-dollar mosque two blocks from Ground Zero with plans to open a religious center of his own, reports Charisma News Online.

Bill Keller, host of the evangelistic website Liveprayer.com, said his 9/11 Christian Center near Ground Zero will begin holding Sunday prayer meetings Sept. 5. The services will be held at a hotel in downtown New York until Jan. 1, when the center moves to a permanent site. The facility will host daily services and house a prayer chapel. Local ministers also will lead regular outreach ministry.

"I was in prayer and God said, 'Listen, if the Muslims can build a temple to their false god at Ground Zero, why can't there be a place dedicated to the true God of the Bible on that same area?'" said Keller, whose website claims 2.4 million subscribers. "Rather than a [protest] event we're going to have an ongoing work of God right there because the Bible says you combat the darkness with the light."

The proposed Islamic center in lower Manhattan has generated a firestorm of controversy. The $100 million project calls for a 13-story community center that includes a mosque, performing arts center, meeting rooms and gym.

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[07/15/2010]

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