I Have Read That Attendance In Churches,

in many areas has been steady falling,

but here is a great way to increase numbers in the congregation, give away guns! the Grace Baptist Church in Troy, a few hours north of Manhattan, will be gifting an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle next week during an event honoring hunters and gun owners. ‘Win a Free AR-15’ is the actual slogan being displayed on the church website,



the church pastor, John Koletas, defended the event in a letter to his congregation: “Our country was built with the King James Bible and the gun,” he wrote. “Does the Bible need to defend my right to keep and bear arms?” Pastor Michael Collins of Brunswick Baptist Church in Troy also defended the event. “It is not something that we would do, but we have plenty of gun owners in the church, and it is our constitutional right to do so,” he said. “It is not uncommon for churches to host outdoorsman events and give away guns.”


in order to win the rifle, the participants need to be over 18 years of age, have a driver’s license and pass a background check, Oakwood Trading Post, the store that sold the gun to the church, will conduct the check on the winner before releasing the rifle from its custody, the church reserves the right to disqualify participants if they are found to be of ‘questionable character’,


for the technical, the $700 AR-15 has a 10-round magazine capacity, the trigger needs to be activated for every shot, I should point out this is not a raffle, there are no tickets to buy, You must be present and eligible to win, I wonder if there will be an increase in church attendance this time next week?