EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- A brewing idea ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- A brewing idea according to a Chippewa Falls preacher will become a reality nearest month when he holds a nine-week Bible application of mind at taverns in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls.

"This is our culture" said the Rev Perry Polnaszek. "Rather than trying to declare to be untrue that this is where persons are, we want to reach on the outside to them."

The discussion series called "Theology in succession Tap" even has a sponsorship with Guinness. The Irish beermaker is promoting its nonalcoholic beer Kaliber.

Wayne Gifford, 59 of Chippewa Falls, doesn't attend Fellowship meeting-house but he stopped by for a emancipated happy hour to promote the series last week.

Understands state refinement

"It's a pious concept," he said. "You usually don't place the two together, church and beer."

The body of christians has taken some criticism for mixing booze and the Bible, on the other hand Polnaszek says they're trying to do things "the right way and for the right reasons."

Polnaszek is no stranger to the bar show He grew up in Thorp, where his father admited the bowling alley. He knows alcohol is entrenched Wisconsin civilization

He said if drinkers are afraid to visit God's house, he'll bring the supreme goodness to them wherever that may be, on a level if it's at a bar.

"We want to reach population who normally wouldn't pass the door of a traditional church," he said.

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