Jesus is the latest convert to MySpace
The Jesus MySpace page has been set up by the Churches Advertising Network

Jesus signs up to MySpace

Thx for the add, Lord

Written by Will Head

Jesus is the latest convert to MySpace, joining thousands of bands, celebrities and individuals with a page on the social networking site. 

The Jesus MySpace page has been set up by the Churches Advertising Network, an independent group that exists to "provide high quality national Christian advertising campaigns". 

Advertisement

The page is part of a campaign called 'Where will you find him?' which is based around a series of radio ads in which young people talk about their spiritual beliefs. The campaign uses a striking poster depicting the face of Jesus in a beer glass.

Aimed at young people, the ads hope to draw visitors to the page to talk about their views and experiences of God.

"We want the campaign to spark discussion about God, and we think these ads, both the posters and radio campaign, will help do that," said Francis Goodwin, chairman of the Churches Advertising Network.

"People may not talk openly about their beliefs, but we hope they will discuss them online at MySpace."

Jesus is listed on the site as a 33 year-old male from Nazareth. Among His interests are "beard-care" and "extreme waterskiing" and his favourite film is The Life of Brian. His occupation is listed as "carpenter and prophet". 

Jesus currently has 58 friends on MySpace, giving Him a long way to go if He wants to beat Tila Tequila, the most popular member of the community, who has 1,372,976 people listed as contacts.

Tags:

Related whitepapers

Related jobs

Do you agree?

IT white papers

Search vnunet IThound

Top categories

Job of the week

Search thousands of IT jobs :

Search thousands of IT jobs:

Advanced search

Hiring now on ComputingCareers:

Related IT jobs

Search thousands of IT jobs :

Search thousands of IT jobs:

Advanced search

Advertisement

Newsletter signup

Sign up for our range of FREE newsletters:

Existing User

Newsletter user login:

Enter email address to edit your newsletter preferences

Watch

Shaun Nichols and Iain Thomson

10 Oct 2008

7.33 MBPodcast Special: Views from the Valley More...

Podcast image

09 Oct 2008

12.99 MBComputing podcast - IT implications of the banking crisis, and the FSA clamps down on IT security More...

Shaun Nichols and Iain Thomson

03 Oct 2008

6.49 MBPodcast Special: Views from the Valley More...

Poll

Google Android

Google Android

Are you intending to try out a Google Android mobile phone?

Previous poll results

Spotlight

Microsoft

Microsoft plans Silverlight 2.0 announcement

Web application tool revamp promised later today   More...

Stock prices

Security disclosures tip the stock market

Events such as Microsoft's Patch Tuesday could be used for...  More...

Blogs

Analyst predicts Web 2.0 fire sale

Prices for online apps could soon plummet, says Forrester   More...

MoD building

Latest data breach leads MPs to demand culture change

MoD admits to losing a hard drive containing up to...  More...

Primary Navigation