Joke of the Day

The minister of a Baptist church decides that God is calling the church to a new vision of what it is to be and to do. So at the Elders' Meeting, he presents the new vision with as much energy, conviction and passion as he can muster. When he had finished and sat down, the chair of the meeting called for a vote. All 14 elders voted against the new vision, with only the minister voting for it.

"Well, pastor, it looks like you will have to think again," says the chairman. "Would you like to close the meeting in prayer?"

So the minister stands up, raises his hand to heaven, and prays, "LORD, will you not show these people that this is not MY vision but it is YOUR vision!"

At that moment, the clouds darken, thunder rolls, and a streak of lightning bursts through the window and strikes in two the table at which they are sitting, throwing the minister and all the elders to the ground.

After a moment's silence, as they all get up and dust themselves off, the chairman speaks again.

"Well, that's fourteen votes to two then."