The congregation was sitting and waiting for the preacher to began his sermon when two masked men burst into the church and said «Whoever is not willing to take a bullet for Jesus better leave now.» More than half of the congregation jumped up and ran out the door.
The two men took off their masks, sat in the front row and said, «Okay, Reverend, you can preach now. All the hyprocrites are gone.»
Children should be seen and not heard.
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The congregation was sitting and waiting for the preacher