Melodyland Christian Center was a church in Anaheim, California that was located a short distance east of the Disneyland Resort. The Melodyland Theater and surrounding campus started as a theater in the round and later became an evangelical Christian church. Pastor Ralph Wilkerson took a musical theater and turned it into one of the largest (at the time) and most influential churches in the Evangelical or Charismatic/Pentecostal community.
The Melodyland theater and all the buildings on the church campus were demolished in 2003. Part of the Anaheim GardenWalk was later built on the site. Incidentally, the spot where the main Theater (or Sanctuary for the church) was located is the spot where the movie theaters are located for GardenWalk.
Read more about Melodyland Christian Center: Christian Center Church, Anaheim, Theater in The Round Becomes A Church, Charismatic Clinics, Melodyland High School, Southern California Christian High School, Eastside Christian High School, School of Theology, Anaheim Christian College, Church Outgrowth
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