we've all seen or heard of the "mega-churches," stadium sized worship centers.
new and big non-denominational churches are very popular these days; the one in my hometown has a bookstore, restaurant, and several indoor basketball courts along with dozens of rooms for various activities.
i've been to a huge christian youth conference that had over 10,000 kids. it was kind of like summer camp combined with nightly rock concerts.
clearly, there's a lot of money to be made in religion. quite a big business in america.
i came up with an idea that could be very lucrative but requires far fewer scruples than i have.
so, if you're an atheist with no morals (mr muck mcfold?) or a christian who thinks all dogs go to heaven (splendour?) this million dollar idea could be all yours!
here are some facts:
-there are about 300 million americans
-78% of them identify as christian (234 million)
-there are about 78 million dogs owned in america (39 percent of households)
so, there must be several million christian dog owners in america. let's make a very conservative estimate and say there are 30 million christian dog owners.
if you can get only 1% of them to send you:
$1 - you make $300,000
$5 - you make $1.5M
$10 - you make $3M
so how can you get 300,000 christian dog owners to send you $10? easily. by forming a church for dogs!
if you
google church for dogs you can see that there are already hundreds of church services for dogs each year across the US. so, how delighted these loving dog owners will be when they find out there's a whole church that exists solely to bless their dogs!
there is a wide variety of ways that this church could generate income (tax free!)
-donations
some people will just give you money.
-baptisms
you could conduct baptisms over webcam, phone, and mail, and then charge a small fee to mail them a baptism certificate and a dog collar with a crucifix on it.
-subscription to a sermon podcast/webcast
a new sermon published to the website every week. it's just like regular church, except the preacher talks about your dogs too.
-events like a christian music festival with patrons allowed to bring their dogs
let's think of some more ideas for the church for dogs! feel free to steal this idea and make millions of dollars. if it's done right it could really be a hit. and if you actually think that dogs will go to heaven, it's not even immoral!
