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At the back is the biker who shared Christ with Conrad Lahr his first morning under the bridge. The biker's Harley is parked along the end of chair rows. The Harley's trailer carries a 10-foot wooden cross that bears this inscription: THERE'S ROOM AT THE CROSS FOR YOU.

Deann Alford is a writer and editor in Austin, Texas.

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Church Under the Bridge has a modest web site.

More information about Jimmy Dorrell is available from Baylor's web site.

The Waco Tribune-Herald has several articles about the church:

3/23/04 Plan commission to hear comments on placing homeless shelter downtown | Local residents are expected to show up in large numbers tonight for a public hearing about sections of the city's code of ordinances that address where group homes can be located. (March 22, 2004)

3/23/04 Community involvement promoted for college students | Local college students, faculty, and nonprofit groups discussed some essential needs of the community Monday — and how college students can help address them. (March 22, 2004)

City code leaves Mission Waco project out in cold | Mission Waco's proposed center for homeless men is homeless itself after executive director Jimmy Dorrell got word this week his plan to purchase the historic Central Presbyterian Church has been thwarted by a city ordinance. (March 3, 2004)

'Urban consultation' seeks collaboration by churches, other Christian groups | The Second Waco Urban Church Consultation starts today and continues Saturday at Mighty Wind Worship Center in downtown Waco. Members of more than 30 local churches and Christian organizations are gathering to collaborate on such issues as health care, substance abuse, poverty and domestic violence. (Feb. 27, 2004)

Mission Waco hopes to buy downtown church for homeless shelter | A shelter aimed at saving homeless men from dying on the streets could be open by fall, a milestone social justice advocates say will help fill a longtime void in the network of services available to the area's homeless. (Feb. 22, 2004)

Mission Waco walk aims to help the homeless | Mission Waco's annual "Walk for the Homeless" will leave at 9 a.m. Sunday from Interstate 35 and South Fourth Street underpass. The 1.4 mile educational/prayer walk teaches about the realities of homelessness and poverty in Waco and around the world, said the Rev. Jimmy Dorrell, executive director of Mission Waco and pastor of Church Under the Bridge. (Sept. 20, 2003)

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April 2004, Vol. 48, No. 4