America has been an interesting hotbed of convenience inventions including but not limited to all-you-can-eat pizza places, wireless internet, and the Roomba® have come up with another idea for worship. Converting a big box store into an 111,000 sq ft mega church won't be an easy task but the most interesting addition is the arcade for kids/teens which will have a Halo running Xbox. Halo, of course, is rated by the ESRB as M for Mature so it begs the question why in the world a church would sponsor the addition.
(from the Detroit News article )
"We want going to church to be an enjoyable and enriching experience for the whole family," said Senior Pastor Jerry Weinzierl, 50, of Warren. "Even if someone comes in for the wrong reason, I can maybe make an impact on them for that moment." "This will be a very peaceful place."
Using contemporary culture to be bait for fishers of men isn't necessarily a new concept. Crosswinds, a local university youth group, had every Wednesday a "Halo Night" that provided the space and projectors for 4 linked Xboxes to run Halo 2, and was by far the most popular event. I hope in this Wal-Mart style church these people won't have too many distractions.
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Jerry Weinzierl is the brother of Jack Weinzierl. They are religious goons who swindled fellow Christians in a venture called Advantage Conferences. Jack the top money earner in Advantage Conferences knows the financial harm to reps. Jack filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy and asked for dismissal amid allegations of possibly fraudulent transfers.
bbb.org says: In October 2005, the BBB questioned whether the company's ( Advantage Conferences ) marketing program is a pyramid. In November 2005, the company filed a lawsuit against the BBB. In October 2006, the court granted the BBB's motion for summary judgment dismissing the company's lawsuit.
The source documents can he found on scribddotcom. Jerry Weinzierl happily took a $7,000.00 refund while hundreds more suffered unspeakably and had no chance of getting their money back. Folks went hungry, lost homes, sold homes, sold possessions, drowned in credit card debt, took out loans and otherwise struggled because of their involvment with Advantage Conferences.
Jerry has much worse judgment than video games in the church.
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