Yeeha! Giddyup to church cowpokes!

NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) - January 25, 2010

He prefers a cowboy hat and boots, western shirt and blue jeans.

Starks is the pastor of the Cornerstone Cowboy Church in New Iberia, outside Baton Rogue, La.

The cowboy theme even extends to his pulpit, which is made from welded horseshoes.

But Starks didn't grow up riding the range.

He and his wife are originally from Holland.

He tells a local paper, that a visit to the Lone Star Cowboy Church in Texas showed him he could merge his love for the gospel and his love for the cowboy way.

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