Go to church, get some iTunes

by Chris Gilmer Aug 20th 2007

A church in Broward County Florida has found a way to entice people into Sunday morning services. The higher ups and pastor in the church have butted heads and came up with a solution to draw some attention, and thanks to Apple they just might.

If people attend each iThemed service which runs for three weeks, they will hand out $15 iTunes vouchers. Sorry, the first week has already passed. The Church by the Glades admits that the method is fair game, since it's not illegal or immoral. The church has set up billboards around the area, and has already seen close to 50,000 hits on their website. No word yet on it attendance rates increased for the first service.

[via gizmodo]

Tags: apple, audio, broward, church, florida, itunes

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Rob Stevens said 6:23PM on 8-20-2007

"The Church by the Glades admits that the method is fair game, since it's not illegal or immoral."

Yeah, there's nothing in the ten commandments about bribery.

That said, it's not going to do their services much good if everyone is sitting their with their iPods blaring.

Jack said 7:20PM on 8-20-2007

I'm not at all surprised a church has sunk this low to lure numbers in.

revolutionfl said 7:45PM on 8-20-2007

is there a difference between bribery and incentive?

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