Article: NEW CHURCH FLOCK SMALL BUT FAITHFUL.(Local)

Byline: Jean Torkelson

Wouldn't you know. Cutting-edge Boulder boasts the only New Church in Colorado.

Well, 230 years new.

In a pleasant meeting room at the West Senior Citizen's Center - relaxed, inset lighting shimmers off the dove-gray walls and matching metal chairs - the New Church each Sunday celebrates the works of Emanuel Swedenborg.

The 18th-century Swedish scientist, visionary and son of a Lutheran pastor founded a belief system - a ``New Church'' - that attracts thousands of adherents worldwide.

``He's a messenger,'' explains pastor David C. Roth, a low-key, 36-year-old former business manager who, like the church ...

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