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Since ancient times (ok, 1998), Ship of Fools has been sending Mystery Worshippers to churches worldwide. Travelling incognito, they ask those questions which go to the heart of church life: How long was the sermon? How hard the pew? How cold was the coffee? How warm the welcome?
The only clue they have been there at all is the Mystery Worshipper calling card, dropped discreetly into the collection plate. |
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Famous/infamous
UK & Ireland
USA
Oz & NZ
Canada
Elsewhere |
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Recent
reports
> Intimidating and remote: Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
> Open the door to
Christ: Liverpool Cathedral, UK
> Good and bad music
at St Ignatius Loyola, New York City
> Justice that justifies:
All Souls, Langham Place, London
> Bouncy but grim:
St Bartholomew's, New York City
> Heavenly preaching
at Old St Mary's, San Francisco, USA
> Byzantine with British
twist: St Mary, Newnham Murren, UK
> Ash Wednesday, Methodist
style: First UMC, Glendale, USA
> Enthusiasm and panache
at Auckland Cathedral, NZ
> Choir in full control
at Wellington Cathedral, NZ
> Plugged into God
at Holy Trinity, Picton, NZ
> Flood of light &
sound: St Michael Archangel, Auburn, USA
> Hospitality at its
best: Hastings Baptist, NZ
> Chanting in the
snow at St Onuphrius, Qubec, Canada
> Ploddy and lumbering:
St Charles Borromeo, Peru, USA
> Bells ring out at
St Swithun's, East Retford, UK
> Not alone at Coll
Church, Arinagour, Isle of Coll, UK
> "You're joking!"
Don Bosco's relics at Liverpool Met, UK
> No noses bled at
St John's, Mobile, USA
> Like being in heaven:
Bath Abbey, UK
Editor's choice
> "You're joking!" Don Bosco's relics at Liverpool Met, UK
> Merely an observer
as Bishop of Chichester is enthroned, UK
> Rocking and swaying
at ordination of Bishop of Atlanta, USA
> Fire, mud and cupcakes
at Greenbelt 2012
> St John Vianney's
relic arrives: Liverpool Met Cathedral, UK
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removals
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| The Mystery Pilgrim |
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| One of our most seasoned reporters makes the Camino pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Read here. |
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| London churches |
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| Read reports from 70 London churches, visited by a small army of Mystery Worshippers on one single Sunday. Read here. |
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