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The BelTel: The story of Ballymena’s Green Pastures mega church and its pastor, Jeff Wright
Ballymena’s Green Pastures, a 1,600-seat capacity American style evangelical mega-church, is unique in Northern Ireland.
Founded by the charismatic Pastor Jeff Wright it has many hundreds of devoted members.
But recent years have seen controversies at Green Pastures – not least of which were massive financial contributions from the then struggling company – Wrightbus.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sunday Life journalist Christopher Woodhouse and Belfast Telegraph journalist Andrew Madden to discuss the background to the story and its latest twists and turns.
The story of Ballymena's Green Pastures mega church and its pastor, Jeff Wright
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