Church Hands Out What??

(The pastor says his goal is to "impress people who don't go to church". If that's the goal, why stop there? Dress your greeters up like Hooter's girls as well - that will definitely impress those who don't go to church. How about handing out bongs engraved with the church logo at the local university too? That would surely impress the students. Sadly, another little piggy goes off to market....)

From Fox News:

To get people to attend his new church campus, Robbie McLaughlin is sending his message out to where the people are.

Next Friday, staffers from Next Level Church of Matthews will go to bars in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte to hand out shot glasses which ask patrons to "give us a shot" and bear the slogan, "Real church for real people."

The idea is to draw people to the Ballantyne campus, which opens next month.

McLaughlin is the pastor, and said he is confident that it will be controversial, but he said the goal is not necessarily to impress people who already go to church. He said it's to impress people who don't.

Next Level is a nontraditional church that encourages members to dress casually and snack on coffee and doughnuts during services.

McLaughlin said the idea has caught on, and in two years, the church has grown from a handful of members to more than 700.