Church signs promise: catch Pokémon outside, get saved by Jesus inside

We've all heard about the teenagers stuck in their bedrooms playing video games, as rare in the outdoors as Pikachu and MewTwo.

Now these teens are everywhere to be seen – walking around towns, cities, parks and beaches worldwide, collecting and battling pokémon at pokéstops and gyms throughout the nation.

And one place these young people are to be found most of all is at church.

This is because the mapping algorithms behind the game have put thousands of pokéstops and gyms in churches, drawing hundreds of thousands of kids playing Pokémon Go to institutions that might have thought they had lost them forever.

The churches have responded by reaching out to this sought after generation, finding fun and imaginative ways to "compel them to come in".

The Church of Engand even issued guidance on how to catch 'em all.

Christian Today brings you some of the best signs so far, thanks to Twitter Moments.

City Road Methodist Church in Birmingham was first to throw the Pokémon mission ball:

Rachel Duvall tweeted her incredulity: