New Zealand church turns to alcohol to attract more members

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

With promotional events like “Wine and theology evenings” and “Beer and barbeque” church services, congregants of New Zealand’s Presbyterian Church are now embracing alcohol as an evangelism tool to attract more members and increase their bottom line according to a new study coming out of that country.

Highlighting new research by religion expert, Dr. Geoff Troughton of Victoria University of Wellington, in a Medical Xpress report, revealed that the Presbyterian Church’s anti-alcohol campaign had slacked off radically since the 1990s to shore up their bottom line and attract more people to the dying church. Continue reading

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