Church Phone
Posted: November 17th, 2010, 12:32 pm
Phones In Church
A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book about churches
around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and
started working east from there...
Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and
making notes.
He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was
intrigued with a sign, which read "Calls: $10,000 a minute".
Seeking out the pastor, he asked about the phone and the sign. The
pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line
to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to GOD.
The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he
continued to visit churches in Seattle, Phoenix, Salt Lake City,
Denver, Oklahoma City and around the United States, he found more
phones with the same sign and the same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Florida. Upon entering a church along the coastal Big Bend of
Florida, behold - he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS
time, the sign read "Calls: 35 cents".
Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, I have been
in cities and towns all across the country, and in each church I
have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct
line to Heaven and that I could talk to GOD. But, in the other
churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35
cents a call.
Why?
The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you're in Florida
now ... you're in God's Country, it's just a local call".
A man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book about churches
around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and
started working east from there...
Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and
making notes.
He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was
intrigued with a sign, which read "Calls: $10,000 a minute".
Seeking out the pastor, he asked about the phone and the sign. The
pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line
to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to GOD.
The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he
continued to visit churches in Seattle, Phoenix, Salt Lake City,
Denver, Oklahoma City and around the United States, he found more
phones with the same sign and the same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Florida. Upon entering a church along the coastal Big Bend of
Florida, behold - he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS
time, the sign read "Calls: 35 cents".
Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, I have been
in cities and towns all across the country, and in each church I
have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct
line to Heaven and that I could talk to GOD. But, in the other
churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35
cents a call.
Why?
The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you're in Florida
now ... you're in God's Country, it's just a local call".