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All the United States Texas Marfa Faith Alive Cowboy Church Radio Station

Faith Alive Cowboy Church Radio Station

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

Marfa, Texas

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The tiny adobe building behind the Faith Alive Cowboy Church in Marfa is not what it seems. What looks like a century-old chapel was in fact built in 1986 to house a local radio station. Regardless, it certainly has character. The pintsize building is nestled behind the larger, more modern church. A radio antenna protrudes from the top, confirming that this little building indeed was—and still may be—a functioning radio station.

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The church is on private property and not accessible to the public, though you can see it from the street.

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Faith Alive Cowboy Church Radio Station
1498 US-90
Marfa, Texas, 79843
United States
30.310634, -104.011288
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