John Crist, while playing a megachurch pastor, has dreamed up a wild new revenue stream for his church. The funnyman announced his hilariously odd plan to bring even more money to his massive church. Watch the short but hysterical clip to hear John Crist’s megachurch pastor character talk about how he plans to enrich his church even more.

Comedy and comedians are necessary. Yes, they allow us to turn our brains off and escape our stresses and worries for a few hours. But there is more to it than just being purely for entertainment. Comedy and stand-up comedians point out the oddities and absurdities in life that we might often overlook.

The best jokes work because they have an element of truth, no matter how absurd or outlandish. Jokes grounded in even a tiny bit of reality are much better than those without any connection to our world and reality. In a clip posted on YouTube, John, as a megachurch pastor, announces that he has come up with a revolutionary new way of making his church even wealthier. Not only that, but his latest plan will make taking church attendance much easier.

In a hilarious skit that closely resembles a television news segment, John, as the pastor of Cornerstone Christian, says that his church will now begin selling “personal seat licenses.” He indicates that the move was necessary to pay for the updates to the church’s new sanctuary.

“Obviously, with the renovations to this new sanctuary coming this fall, it costs money,” he said. “And I think this is really a great way to have an influx of cash into the congregation here. A lot of parents are stressed on Sunday morning, trying to make it to church. Are we going to have, you know, a seat on time? Is there going to be room for us? I think with a personal seat license, obviously, this is an affluent area of town. So, we thought, you know, as a church, why not take advantage of that revenue stream?”

While John is poking fun at megachurches, you and I both know that some churches have probably seriously considered a similar idea.

Mark 11:17 “And he taught, saying to them, ‘Is it not written, my house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? But you have made it a den of thieves.’”