((PKG)) CHURCH IN THE DIRT
((Banner: Church in the Dirt))
((Reporter/Camera: Gabrielle Weiss))
((Map: Mountain Home, Arkansas))
((NATS))
((Candy Byrd, Member, Bar None Cowboy Church))
Soo-cow! Come on girls!
Were gonna separate some cows, so that we can take some
out to the church for a sorting tomorrow, and while weve got
them up, were going to band a couple of little bull calves and
just maybe spray them with some fly spray. Make them feel
better.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
I didnt see any more that dont look like thats all of them
to me, but it may be.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
My wife and I ride a lot together. So, its a time when we can
get out and just enjoy what Gods done for us. Just the
blessings that hes let us have with our farm and
our land. And we really praise God for it because its a part of
our lifestyle and being part of a
Cowboy Church. Not everybody has a horse, but theres
something about a horse that just makes everybody feel good.
((Candy Byrd, Member, Bar None Cowboy Church))
I cant imagine how people dont believe that there is a god
when theres all this gorgeous stuff to look at. Who do they
think created it?
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
My name is Rick Byrd. I live in Mountain Home, Arkansas,
and Im a member and a trustee and an elder of Bar None
Cowboy Church.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Canoeing and working cattle are like a test of your
marriage. You come out here and you want to do it one way
and she wants to do it another way and you know, so its a true
test. So, it should be fun, hopefully. Youll see our Christian
love for each other.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Try it again. Shh, Shh. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get
up. Get in there.
((NATS))
((Candy Byrd, Wife of Rick Byrd))
You put the band on it, and spread it, and grab their testicles,
and pop it off.
((NATS))
((Candy Byrd, Member, Bar None Cowboy Church))
You have to make sure you get them both in there.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Youve got to get both testicles. So, you want them to lose all
those male tendencies. Then they grow better, and they dont
have that want to run over you so bad instinct and that kind of
stuff. You know, youre not raising them to breed. So, were
raising them for beef. So, this is what a beef cow is supposed
to look like. Hes going to be a meaty one. One, two.
((Candy Byrd, Member, Bar None Cowboy Church))
One, two!
Im going to get my spur caught in there and fall down on my
face.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy
Church))
We make it through most of the time without yelling at each
other.
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor, Bar None Cowboy Church))
For some reason, Candy really enjoys that banding.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Yeah, yeah, she seems to get too much enjoyment out of it.
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor, Bar None Cowboy Church))
I know.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
We live on a farm. We dont have a huge farm, but we have
300 acres, and we have cattle that we run and a beef
operation, and we have baby calves and that stuff.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
And then we have horses and we have all the other things that
go along with it: chickens and dogs and cats and working dogs
and working horses. Its our lifestyle, and so were blessed to
have that. It fits right into the Cowboy Church mode. The
Bible will instruct us in something, and I can give you an
example of how that affects my daily life here on the farm.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Uh oh, they see that Ive got a lead rope. They know that
theyre going to go to work today.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
You see how we work around here. We dont have a four-
wheeler. We dont have a Polaris Ranger. We get on our
horse and we go check our cows. The modern way is to have
a drone. You can check your cows, and thats not something
well ever have here. You dont have to worry about it being
on Byrd Ranch.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Everybodys in. Saddles are in. Bridles are in. Were ready to
roll.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Interesting thing, those horses always remind me of
people. You saw how those horses just, sort of, moseyed
off. They knew that I was going to catch them, but yet, they
went to the far end of the pasture. Weve got people at church
that do that. You know, God's calling them to do something
and they start moseying away. Eventually, Godll get that
halter on them, and as soon as that halters on them, you know
youve been caught. So, that halter is that holy spirit, and so,
when you have that, you see you dont have to pull on
a horse. They just follow you. Thats just like we are with
Jesus. We just follow right behind, jump right in the trailer,
dont resist. Thats the kind of stuff I like about the farm and
relating to, just everything you do. Jesus is in it.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
The Cowboy Church, theyre all over the nation. Were part of
the Southern Baptist Convention, and what it is, its people that
just love the western culture, that lots of times dont feel
comfortable in a traditional church. You know, you just like to
wear boots and listen to country music. You have cows and
horses to actually working on a ranch.
((NATS))
((Unknown woman))
Theyre super friendly Christian people to be around, and we
just enjoy the life of horses, and we get to bring them out here,
and associate and be with other people that like to do the
same things we do.
((NATS))
((Unknown woman))
Its nice and close to home, thats why we like to do it. And we
just like to chase cows. Its fun!
((NATS))
((Unknown man))
Ive been coming to Bar None Cowboy Church for ten years
now. I got saved when I was sixty years old. We have several
rodeos a year, and several thousand cowboys and cowgirls
come through this building every year, you know. So, we want
to share the gospel with them.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
When we have activities there at the church, we know that,
you know, were somewhat letting the world come in
there. Rodeo guys love to drink a beer, and one of our
sayings is, If theres no beer cans in the back of the trucks
outside, then were not, we dont have the right
audience there.
((NATS))
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Good Morning. Everybody doing alright? Alright.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Our new pastor Dustys been here for a year, and his focus
has really been on making sure that people know that, you
know, were all sinners, even the saved ones of us.
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
If you dont have the Holy Spirit living inside of you, you wont
escape the devil. You know why? Because hes already got
you.
((NATS))
Number twenty-seven.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Some people feel like they dont deserve church. And so, you
dont catch us throwing stones at people because youve been
divorced, or because you drink a beer, because you chew or
dip, or any of these worldly things. None of thats going to
send you to hell. But if you dont know Jesus Christ as your
lord and savior, thats going to send you to hell.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
I used to think how strange it was, when I was growing up, that
churches would have a basketball court, and its similar to
that. So, the goal of bringing those kids into the basketball
court, were to be able to tell them about Jesus Christ. And
really, our arena is used for that same purpose. We call
it Church in the Dirt. And some of the looks on their faces are,
sort of, interesting when you tell them that, because theyre
there for a sorting. But it is at Bar None Cowboy Church and
so, when you come there for any activity, youre going to get to
hear about Jesus Christ. We dont bar anyone except the
devil. Sometimes we say we bar one, and thats the devil.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Alright, as we always do, well start with a word of prayer, and
well get going. Lord, were so thankful for this day, just
especially thankful for this arena and just the fact that it is a
church as well, Lord. We just ask you to be with us as we
ride. Keep us safe. Keep the livestock safe. Keep the
horses safe. Let us all have fun and let the glory of God be
shown. To Jesus Christs name we pray. Amen. Alright,
Tiffany will be calling out the teams here in just a second.
((NATS))
((Announcer))
Alright, looks like your cattle are ready. Flag is up.
Number two, number two.
Thirty seconds.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Oh, they got him. Good job David! We never did get him
way back, did we?
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Like to talk cowboy.
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
I mean out of all the lifestyles, all over the world, the number
one thing about America has been the American cowboy.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
My grandpa was a cowboy. I remember just, you know,
breaking colts right out there in the front yard of his
house. And so, when I did that, I broke my colts right
down there, out in front of this house, so..
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Will Roger said, If you find a job you like, youll never work a
day in your life. And thats the cowboy way. If I wasnt here,
thats what Id still be doing. Thats what I was doing until I
came here to be pastor, working on a ranch in Oklahoma.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Were going to eat old number 89. That was our cow we
raised. Her ear tag was number was 89. So, thats who were
eating on tonights steak.
((NATS))
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Alright, yall ready to eat? Brother Dusty?
We thank you, Lord, for keeping us safe today, where
everybody was out riding and just working around the ranch
here. And Father, we just thank you so much for Jesus..
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
How do I feel when Im on a horse? Theres just that
feeling that theres really nothing else going on in the
world. When we ride around, we just know that Jesus is with
us at all times, and He provided all of this for us. He provided
all, all the green grass for the cows to eat. When youre sitting
on the back of a horse and youre looking between its ears,
and you see Gods nature, and its just truly a testimony to
God, of His power, and what He can do.
((NATS))
((Banner: Church in the Dirt))
((Reporter/Camera: Gabrielle Weiss))
((Map: Mountain Home, Arkansas))
((NATS))
((Candy Byrd, Member, Bar None Cowboy Church))
Soo-cow! Come on girls!
Were gonna separate some cows, so that we can take some
out to the church for a sorting tomorrow, and while weve got
them up, were going to band a couple of little bull calves and
just maybe spray them with some fly spray. Make them feel
better.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
I didnt see any more that dont look like thats all of them
to me, but it may be.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
My wife and I ride a lot together. So, its a time when we can
get out and just enjoy what Gods done for us. Just the
blessings that hes let us have with our farm and
our land. And we really praise God for it because its a part of
our lifestyle and being part of a
Cowboy Church. Not everybody has a horse, but theres
something about a horse that just makes everybody feel good.
((Candy Byrd, Member, Bar None Cowboy Church))
I cant imagine how people dont believe that there is a god
when theres all this gorgeous stuff to look at. Who do they
think created it?
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
My name is Rick Byrd. I live in Mountain Home, Arkansas,
and Im a member and a trustee and an elder of Bar None
Cowboy Church.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Canoeing and working cattle are like a test of your
marriage. You come out here and you want to do it one way
and she wants to do it another way and you know, so its a true
test. So, it should be fun, hopefully. Youll see our Christian
love for each other.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Try it again. Shh, Shh. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get
up. Get in there.
((NATS))
((Candy Byrd, Wife of Rick Byrd))
You put the band on it, and spread it, and grab their testicles,
and pop it off.
((NATS))
((Candy Byrd, Member, Bar None Cowboy Church))
You have to make sure you get them both in there.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Youve got to get both testicles. So, you want them to lose all
those male tendencies. Then they grow better, and they dont
have that want to run over you so bad instinct and that kind of
stuff. You know, youre not raising them to breed. So, were
raising them for beef. So, this is what a beef cow is supposed
to look like. Hes going to be a meaty one. One, two.
((Candy Byrd, Member, Bar None Cowboy Church))
One, two!
Im going to get my spur caught in there and fall down on my
face.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy
Church))
We make it through most of the time without yelling at each
other.
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor, Bar None Cowboy Church))
For some reason, Candy really enjoys that banding.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Yeah, yeah, she seems to get too much enjoyment out of it.
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor, Bar None Cowboy Church))
I know.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
We live on a farm. We dont have a huge farm, but we have
300 acres, and we have cattle that we run and a beef
operation, and we have baby calves and that stuff.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
And then we have horses and we have all the other things that
go along with it: chickens and dogs and cats and working dogs
and working horses. Its our lifestyle, and so were blessed to
have that. It fits right into the Cowboy Church mode. The
Bible will instruct us in something, and I can give you an
example of how that affects my daily life here on the farm.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Uh oh, they see that Ive got a lead rope. They know that
theyre going to go to work today.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
You see how we work around here. We dont have a four-
wheeler. We dont have a Polaris Ranger. We get on our
horse and we go check our cows. The modern way is to have
a drone. You can check your cows, and thats not something
well ever have here. You dont have to worry about it being
on Byrd Ranch.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Everybodys in. Saddles are in. Bridles are in. Were ready to
roll.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Interesting thing, those horses always remind me of
people. You saw how those horses just, sort of, moseyed
off. They knew that I was going to catch them, but yet, they
went to the far end of the pasture. Weve got people at church
that do that. You know, God's calling them to do something
and they start moseying away. Eventually, Godll get that
halter on them, and as soon as that halters on them, you know
youve been caught. So, that halter is that holy spirit, and so,
when you have that, you see you dont have to pull on
a horse. They just follow you. Thats just like we are with
Jesus. We just follow right behind, jump right in the trailer,
dont resist. Thats the kind of stuff I like about the farm and
relating to, just everything you do. Jesus is in it.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
The Cowboy Church, theyre all over the nation. Were part of
the Southern Baptist Convention, and what it is, its people that
just love the western culture, that lots of times dont feel
comfortable in a traditional church. You know, you just like to
wear boots and listen to country music. You have cows and
horses to actually working on a ranch.
((NATS))
((Unknown woman))
Theyre super friendly Christian people to be around, and we
just enjoy the life of horses, and we get to bring them out here,
and associate and be with other people that like to do the
same things we do.
((NATS))
((Unknown woman))
Its nice and close to home, thats why we like to do it. And we
just like to chase cows. Its fun!
((NATS))
((Unknown man))
Ive been coming to Bar None Cowboy Church for ten years
now. I got saved when I was sixty years old. We have several
rodeos a year, and several thousand cowboys and cowgirls
come through this building every year, you know. So, we want
to share the gospel with them.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
When we have activities there at the church, we know that,
you know, were somewhat letting the world come in
there. Rodeo guys love to drink a beer, and one of our
sayings is, If theres no beer cans in the back of the trucks
outside, then were not, we dont have the right
audience there.
((NATS))
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Good Morning. Everybody doing alright? Alright.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Our new pastor Dustys been here for a year, and his focus
has really been on making sure that people know that, you
know, were all sinners, even the saved ones of us.
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
If you dont have the Holy Spirit living inside of you, you wont
escape the devil. You know why? Because hes already got
you.
((NATS))
Number twenty-seven.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Some people feel like they dont deserve church. And so, you
dont catch us throwing stones at people because youve been
divorced, or because you drink a beer, because you chew or
dip, or any of these worldly things. None of thats going to
send you to hell. But if you dont know Jesus Christ as your
lord and savior, thats going to send you to hell.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
I used to think how strange it was, when I was growing up, that
churches would have a basketball court, and its similar to
that. So, the goal of bringing those kids into the basketball
court, were to be able to tell them about Jesus Christ. And
really, our arena is used for that same purpose. We call
it Church in the Dirt. And some of the looks on their faces are,
sort of, interesting when you tell them that, because theyre
there for a sorting. But it is at Bar None Cowboy Church and
so, when you come there for any activity, youre going to get to
hear about Jesus Christ. We dont bar anyone except the
devil. Sometimes we say we bar one, and thats the devil.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Alright, as we always do, well start with a word of prayer, and
well get going. Lord, were so thankful for this day, just
especially thankful for this arena and just the fact that it is a
church as well, Lord. We just ask you to be with us as we
ride. Keep us safe. Keep the livestock safe. Keep the
horses safe. Let us all have fun and let the glory of God be
shown. To Jesus Christs name we pray. Amen. Alright,
Tiffany will be calling out the teams here in just a second.
((NATS))
((Announcer))
Alright, looks like your cattle are ready. Flag is up.
Number two, number two.
Thirty seconds.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Oh, they got him. Good job David! We never did get him
way back, did we?
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Like to talk cowboy.
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
I mean out of all the lifestyles, all over the world, the number
one thing about America has been the American cowboy.
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
My grandpa was a cowboy. I remember just, you know,
breaking colts right out there in the front yard of his
house. And so, when I did that, I broke my colts right
down there, out in front of this house, so..
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Will Roger said, If you find a job you like, youll never work a
day in your life. And thats the cowboy way. If I wasnt here,
thats what Id still be doing. Thats what I was doing until I
came here to be pastor, working on a ranch in Oklahoma.
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Were going to eat old number 89. That was our cow we
raised. Her ear tag was number was 89. So, thats who were
eating on tonights steak.
((NATS))
((Dusty Sanford, Pastor of Bar None Cowboy Church))
Alright, yall ready to eat? Brother Dusty?
We thank you, Lord, for keeping us safe today, where
everybody was out riding and just working around the ranch
here. And Father, we just thank you so much for Jesus..
((NATS))
((Rick Byrd, Elder of Bar None Cowboy Church))
How do I feel when Im on a horse? Theres just that
feeling that theres really nothing else going on in the
world. When we ride around, we just know that Jesus is with
us at all times, and He provided all of this for us. He provided
all, all the green grass for the cows to eat. When youre sitting
on the back of a horse and youre looking between its ears,
and you see Gods nature, and its just truly a testimony to
God, of His power, and what He can do.
((NATS))
