GREENWOOD, SC - Michael Garcia, 20, was extremely surprised to learn that he had committed his life to Jesus Christ at NewSpring Church's Easter service, sources confirmed Wednesday afternoon.
Garcia noted that the service had ended and he was getting up from his pew to leave with his family when two smiling ushers "kindly but forcibly" escorted him to a room in the church for a class titled 'Your New Life At NewSpring,' during which he and a roomful of others viewed a video featuring lead pastor Perry Noble.
"We were all kind of looking around at each other, confused," Garcia told reporters. "Then they put the video on and Mr. Noble informed us that the terms of service on the inside of the programs we were handed when we walked in the church clearly explained that by stepping foot on NewSpring's property we were explicitly agreeing to give our lives to Jesus Christ."
"We looked and sure enough, there it was, down in the fine print at the bottom."
When reached for comment, Perry Noble would only repeat loudly, "1244 SALVATIONS LAST WEEKEND!!!"