...but it is just too hilarious! Especially the line that explains the features of this game, "With network play enabled, you can steal members from other churches and earn points just like you saved them yourself." The description to this game is below. Perhaps we should go into the gaming business with church! Why not - to many Mega Church pastors, isn't really a game anyway?
Here's the description:
Features
Imagine if you could create the church you wanted, any way you wanted.
Put together a worship service exactly the way YOU want: hymns, no hymns, drums, no drums. Are you from Wisconsin, start Polka Mass! Start a building campaign, ask for donations.
Be the next Joel Osteen as you play Mega Church.
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #378 in Computer & Video Games (See Top Sellers in Computer & Video Games)
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ASIN: B000B659FE
Dimensions: 5.40 inches x 1.50 inches x 7.50 inches
Date first available at Amazon: August 24, 2005
Average Customer Review: Based on 9 reviews. Write a review.
Product Description
Pastor a simulated church and create your own Christian empire
Build a church from the ground up
Hire and fire staff
Deal with idiots, naive volunteers, and denominational egos
Attract fickle unchurched people with Bingo, revival meetings or fasting--it is all up to you!
Select a pre-loaded community
Xurban or suburban church plant (for those who want it easy or just starting out)
Or pastor an inner-city, multi-ethnic 80 year old church with 50 members and $1 million mortgage debt (for those who really want a challenge)
Choose a denomination (Lutheran, Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal plus many more obscure factions)
Or load a brand new emergent plug-in
Take weekly offerings and go over budget
Start your own radio or cable-access show
Attend the latest conference to hone your skills
Implement the latest ministry fad
Review weekly attendance and giving records
Earn points with God by winning souls for Christ
With network play enabled, you can steal members from other churches and earn points just like you saved them yourself.
The possibilities are endless! To grow your church, work on all the strategic variables,
Write a mission statement
Choose a logo
Get a billboard
Hire a professional musician
Buy plasma television for your PowerPoint presentations
Prayer, study and preparation get thrown in there too--and the mysterious (or fickle) will of God! Deal with real-life scenarios including,
Troublesome board members
Elderly donor who wants to buy a new organ
A son starts using drugs
Your trusted deacon sleeps with your secretary
The city starts a construction in front of your building
Offering stolen
Denominations and Bible colleges use it to prepare potential church planters or associate pastors. It is better than an internship!
Do it all without a degree, license or even the Bible! Just like Joel Osteen
4 comments:
Steve, you spend altogether too much time online!! Good greif. somehow it only makes me love you more!
Hi-larious Steve! Simply Hi-larious....especially considering Hope's current plans:)
It would make for a fun game to try though....
Vics
Who's ready to build their own Christian empire? Oooh, pick me!!!
I saw this thing online a while back. Giggled like a school girl. I just hope there are as many people mocking Joel Osteen as there are people following his...I was going to say 'teaching', but that isn't quite right. What's the word I'm looking for? Oh yeah, HERESY. That's it.
Cool kids = Matrix
Church kids = Mega Church ... the game
Someone ought to design a "Sim-church" extension along this line.
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