Tech in the Church Part 1: Church uses iTunes gift cards to attract visitors

Well, this is certainly a odd idea. Giving first time visitors who come to your church during their "iServices" free iTunes gift card is a bit desperate and over the top. Have churches come down to marketing and the use of others advertisements to attract people to their churches? These may seem like a harmless idea, but should the church be giving away a free iTunes gift card? We all know that how you get them is how you keep them and I dare say, that most if not all of the visitors during these services will not return to the church. Yes, one may argue that is how outreach works, but IMO this is wrong and makes a church look desperate and look like a marketing business and neglects what a church really is. A house of worship, not a den of thieves.

Source: Engadget and Church By The Glade