And You thought Your Attendance Drive was Awesome…

Here’s the setting.  It’s  a Sunday morning. It’s your church’s one year birthday.  Service starts and your Pastor (if you don’t remember what he looks like, here is a reminder) comes up and reminds you of the challenge that you were given: Get 200 people in attendance today and he’ll go under the needle and get a tat.  So service starts with less than 200 people there.  Worship is jamming.  And by jamming, I mean jamming…hence the signs around you that prohibit mosh pits.  Worship comes to a close and the Pastor gets on stage and starts saying things like: God “has tattooed your name on his heart”.  The KFC bucket is passed throughout the crowd and you throw in your offering.  As you look around in disappointment because of the attendance record not being broken, you start hearing cheers and screaming, confetti is falling from the heavens like manna.  The 200th man just walked in.  So after service, you attend a big party on the church’s property, food, fun, games, etc.  And guess what, your lead Pastor is over there getting a tattoo of the church’s logo on his forearm!

This was the story at City Church in Anaheim, California.