I wonder if they gave out chocolate buddy Christ?
Church woos reluctant worshippers with chocolate
A Church of England bishop has adopted a non-traditional approach to tempt his disappearing flock to return to the fold: chocolate.
Some consider it a sin to indulge but the Church of England is holding up chocolate as a potential saviour for its diocese in Manchester, which has been threatened by falling attendances.
There are so few regular churchgoers that Reverend Nigel McCulloch fears the church itself is in danger of disappearing within two generations.
His "Back to Church Sunday" initiative will target the over-50s who used to attend but no longer do so.
They will be wooed with slick invitations and the promise of chocolate at the end of their first service.
The church is also considering a number of other incentives, with one involving the showing of comedy videos at next month's service to celebrate the Autumn harvest.
from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200408/s1187129.htm
1 comment:
They probably need spiritual food more than anything else...I guess there's nothing like "solving" a problem by making people feel that coming to worship is like anything else in their daily routine, just another show where, if the (material) perks are good and cheap, then it's worthwhile to go...a really good thing to leave in the minds of churchgoers...of course, I don't remember Jesus ever bribing anyone, but maybe I don't know enough about the bible.
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