Missouri - God's Country
A man in Topeka, Kansas, decided to write a book about churches around th
country. He started by flying to San Francisco, and started working east.
Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes.
He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with
a sign which read "$10,000 a minute."
Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and sign. The pastor answered
this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if he pays the
price he can talk directly to God. The man thanked the pastor and continued
on his way. As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, Salt Lake City,
Chicago, Milwaukee, and around the United States, he found more phones with
the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.
Finally he arrived in the lovely Ozark Mountain country of Missouri. Upon
entering a church, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. BUT THIS time
the sign read, "Calls: 25 cents." Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor.
“I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I found this
golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and could
talk to God, but, in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your
sign reads 25 cents a call. "Why?" The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Son,
you're in Missouri now, and it is a local call."
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