Thousands Seek Jesus Through Internet Church Campaign

Following the recent Churches Advertising Network (CAN) multimedia campaign, thousands of Jesus' MySpace friends and acquaintances clicked through to visit "Jesus' official homepage" at www.rejesus.co.uk.

The hugely popular "Where will you find him?" beer glass campaign saw Jesus gain 2,300 "new friends", and more than 57,000 people viewed his myspace profile.

Many of these wanted to know more about the famous carpenter from Nazareth, whose myspace site describes him as also "interested in beard care, extreme water skiing and mass catering (parties of 5,000 a speciality)".

Use of the internet to find out more about Jesus and his teaching has increased recently thanks to this and other campaigns such as the Church of England's Advent website: www.adventstories.org.

The campaigns have driven the increase in traffic to rejesus.co.uk which the site's Development Manager describes as "Jesus' official website".

One visitor to rejesus.co.uk wrote: "I have been a staunch atheist for what feels like the majority of my life. However, over the last few years, I have been increasingly aware of an absence in my life that I cannot explain...I feel an increasing urge to read about Jesus and his teachings".
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