More Acts of Desperation


This is a real church® in Sand Springs, OK

Church to try pay for pray
  A Sand Springs congregation will bring new meaning Sunday to the idea that it pays to go to church.

New Life Tabernacle, 13107 W. 41st St., will give a $10 bill to each visitor, ages 15 and older, who attends an Easter service.

'It's pretty radical. Some of my friends think I'm crazy,' said the Rev. Dan Switzer, who has been the pastor of the United Pentecostal church for 16 years.
'But we think we have a great church, and we want people to experience it.'

'Hopefully the service will touch some lives and have a positive effect on some people.'

'We realize we could get all kinds of people.'

He has no idea. By the way, if you decide to go and collect on this rare-yet-lucrative opportunity, drop us a line here.

Frankly... I'm thinking of showing up, myself. I could take my family out to eat with the $20 we'd get.

Apparently, this isn't the first time this has been tried, but it is a first for Oklahoma. A church® in California had "great success" doing it (whatever THAT means), and a there was a "black church that offered money to white people to attend as a way to break down racial barriers" in Louisiana.

But isn't this just symptomatic of the entire problem? Why not pay people to show up if the entirety of your church® experience is centered around "wow-ing" them with a fabulous service/show?

Above photograph by Sherry Brown of the Tulsa World
posted by Stephen at 10:02 AM | |