{"id":710,"date":"2007-10-09T12:45:24","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T12:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/10\/halo-outreach.html"},"modified":"2007-10-09T12:45:24","modified_gmt":"2007-10-09T12:45:24","slug":"halo-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/10\/halo-outreach.html","title":{"rendered":"Halo outreach?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wondering if this<\/a> pushes the limits of ‘Christian outreach’?<\/p>\n

Another massively popular Halo video game is out, which means another controversial opportunity for churches to outreach to youth.
\nAlready passed $300 million in sales, Halo 3 is being picked up by some churches to draw youth, causing some Christians to shake their heads.
\n“If you want to connect with young teenage boys and drag them into church, free alcohol and pornographic movies would do it,\u201d said James Tonkowich, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, a nonprofit group that assesses denominational policies, according to The New York Times. \u201cMy own take is you can do better than that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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