Bingo and the Church

by Hollie Sanders

Historically the game of bingo has been used to raise many church towers as well as being used as fundraisers to assist the communities that the churches in their wisdom have to service, this tradition has been running for many years and while certain church groups frown upon it many others openly embrace bingo as a welcome bit of harmless fund raising fun for their parishioners.

The poor Catholic church is now under fire from evangelists who claim that the church is “more concerned with bingo than spreading the gospel” this is probably because the evangelist in question believes that it is even a sin to have a pack of playing cards in his home. I have never heard such a lot of rot! Bingo is not only prevalent in the Catholic church as a means for raising funds for the needy, it is also used by many other denominations for the very same purpose.

One can only assume that this particular evangelist considers the game of bingo to be devoid of any moral turpitude and leads to the downfall of either the church or its followers, when in actual fact the complete opposite is true. Playing bingo in church halls for fundraising purposes only supplements much needed income so that needs may be provided for.