One person will get more than just religion by attending a revival.
Pastor Monty and Camilla Weatherall are giving away the vehicle in hopes it draws more people to their four-day spiritual event, scheduled to run Wednesday through Saturday at Deliverance Mission Christian Church in Belleville, Illinois.
On Saturday, after the close of a 90-minute sermon, someone will win a blue 2007 Chevrolet Aveo. The catch is, you have to be present to win.
The Weatheralls say church leaders supported buying a car valued at 12-thousand-500 dollars as a way to bring more members to the congregation of 285.
"We're always going to center everything around Christ," Monty Weatherall said of his nondenominational church.
Weatherall said he'd like to see the crowd for the final sermon and car giveaway to reach 2,500, even though the gym seats about 1,700. From that large group, church leaders are praying that at least 200 people accept Jesus as their savior.
Only those who are not members of the church are eligible to win. There will be no offerings taken the day of the car drawing. The church did not want to put up any obstacles that might prevent someone from taking a chance at winning a car.
"Churches have developed the negative of being judgmental," Weatherall said. "We hope that the winner will say: "I came to win a car but got something more valuable —Christ in my life."
My radar is instinctively saying what the **$?&** hell is this ish... forgive me Father!
Pastor Monty and Camilla Weatherall are giving away the vehicle in hopes it draws more people to their four-day spiritual event, scheduled to run Wednesday through Saturday at Deliverance Mission Christian Church in Belleville, Illinois.
On Saturday, after the close of a 90-minute sermon, someone will win a blue 2007 Chevrolet Aveo. The catch is, you have to be present to win.The Weatheralls say church leaders supported buying a car valued at 12-thousand-500 dollars as a way to bring more members to the congregation of 285.
"We're always going to center everything around Christ," Monty Weatherall said of his nondenominational church.
Weatherall said he'd like to see the crowd for the final sermon and car giveaway to reach 2,500, even though the gym seats about 1,700. From that large group, church leaders are praying that at least 200 people accept Jesus as their savior.
Only those who are not members of the church are eligible to win. There will be no offerings taken the day of the car drawing. The church did not want to put up any obstacles that might prevent someone from taking a chance at winning a car.
"Churches have developed the negative of being judgmental," Weatherall said. "We hope that the winner will say: "I came to win a car but got something more valuable —Christ in my life."
My radar is instinctively saying what the **$?&** hell is this ish... forgive me Father!