Doing Henry Proud

The Anglican Church appears to be running out of parishioners--and hence money. So in the best tradition of Henry VIII, they've resorted to simply making stuff up:

Under the initiative, up to 400 "alternative church schemes" have now been set up around the country with up to 25,000 people involved.

A double-decker bus has been turned into a youth club, a wine bar is staging "church without walls" services and a London barge has been converted into a floating church.

A Christian "extreme sport" ministry called Rezurgence (rpt Rezurgence) has even been set up as "a unique first that brings mountain biking, BMX and faith into one."

Fill them pews! Er, barstools. Bicycles. Whatever.

Since the leadership of the Church is so busy thinking up new scams schemes to attract members, I think we should take it upon ourselves to help out by creating a new slogan for them. A few ideas:

"Anglicanism: The Convenience Store of Religions"

"Anglicans Have More Fun (No, Really)"

"I'm Not An Attention Whore, I'm Anglican"

"Anglicans: We Let You Smoke Between Hymns"