A church that pays you to come on Sunday?
October 25, 2009
The Rev. Dan Willis is passing the collection plate in reverse. He will give you money to go to church.
For the last three weeks, his Lighthouse Church of All Nations in Alsip has raffled a combined $1,000 to attendees at the three Sunday services.
The Rev. Dan Willis, pastor of Lighthouse Church of All Nations in Alsip, shows the silver box he has hung in his church.
(Mary Compton/Sun-Times News Gro
(Mary Compton/Sun-Times News Gro
Big surprise, but attendance has shot through the chapel roof.
"It is gimmicky. It is totally gimmicky. I make no bones about that," Willis said. "But if I could get someone who would not normally come to church, why not?"
If the lure of free money has you breaking out the Sunday best, be prepared for some testimony from the preacher on how to spend that money.
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