Church logo tattoos are the latest in offbeat testimony at an Orange County church that holds Sunday services in a punk rock nightclub and collects offerings in KFC buckets.
City Church of Anaheim is celebrating its first year in operation and meeting the goal of reaching a 200-member flock with a radical commitment to the congregation and community: Tattoos of the distinctive red-heart church logo.
Pastor Kyle Steven Bonenberger told worshippers at a recent service that God "tattooed your name on his heart" and it was time to make an everlasting commitment to Him and the church.
While the message is a little out there, the nobones commitment was clearly defined in terms the unconventional congregation could relate to.. The Orange County Register reported about a dozen people got inked, fulfilling the pledge they made if the church doubled its normal attendance.
City Church started in a living room and moved to Anaheim's Chain Reaction Club as the congregation grew.
Source: The Orange County Register, http:// www.ocregister.com