Known for his seven No. 1 hits on Christian radio and numerous nominations and awards for millions of copies sold, Tauren Wells is also a best-selling author and pastor of a Texas church that has baptized hundreds of people and grown to three worship services in less than two years.

But faith wasn't always his first priority. It turns out that street hockey – not worship, preaching, or writing – was on Wells' mind the first time he went to church.

"I remember the first time I walked into a little Pentecostal church in Battle Creek, Michigan. The carpet, chairs, and pews were green. There was a big wooden desk in the center of the stage. There was a preacher up there preaching. I don't remember what he was saying, but I remember he was mad about it," Wells said.

This was on the heels of

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