Lead Pastor of Liquid Church of NJ Asks "Can Christians Celebrate Halloween?" In YouTube Video

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Tim Lucas, Lead Pastor of the non-denominational Christian church, Liquid Church in NJ, addressed the question many Christians are asking this fall about Halloween.  In 2012, sales of Halloween-related goods nationwide are expected to exceed all previous years, with retail sales of ghoulish costumes, decorations and candy expected to top $8 Billion (up from $7 Billion last year according to National Retail Federation).  On his web show, timlucas.tv (www.timlucas.tv), Lucas explains what the Bible has to say about the subject and whether or not a Christian family can participate in the secular holiday that tends to celebrate ghosts, gore and the ghastly.  The web show video episode was sent to the entire congregation which has weekly attendance of nearly 2,500 people as well as being distributed across the Internet on YouTube and the web show's video site.

"Many of our people are asking if letting their kids get into Halloween is betraying Biblical values or if there is redemptive value in participating in this secular holiday.  So addressing the question head-on aims to help be thoughtful about our faith and friendships in the community," said Lucas.

The 10-minute web show video discussing "Can Christians Celebrate Halloween" is available at: http://www.timlucas.tv

ABOUT LIQUID CHURCH

Liquid Church is one of NJ's fastest-growing Christian churches.  Founded in 2001 by Lead Pastor Tim Lucas, the church's vision is to "take church to the people" with campuses in Morristown, New Brunswick, and Nutley. Nearly 2,500 people experience Liquid's worship services each weekend in New Jersey and around the globe through Church Online. As a part of its global outreach Liquid provides clean drinking water to the poorest of the poor with dozens of completed projects in Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Haiti and El Salvador.  More details are available at: http://www.LiquidChurch.com

Related link: http://www.timlucas.tv

Media Contacts: For interviews requests with Pastor Tim Lucas or access to video clips and images, contact Rich Birch – [email protected] 908-312-0003 or Kenny Jahng - [email protected] 973-500-8536)

SOURCE Liquid Church