BEYONCE STARTED HER OWN CHURCH (National church of Bey).
She’s been a child of destiny, she’s been crazy in love, she’s been a dreamgirl.
And now, she’s got her own church.
Beyonce, the famed singer and celebrity, is now taking center stage for an Atlanta church called the National Church of Bey, Christian Today reported. The members get together and sing themselves some of Beyonce’s hits.
“Known
to have some of the most dedicated fans in the world, whom she refers
to as 'Beys,' Beyoncé has achieved not only global fame but a cult
following,” Carey Lodge wrote for Christian Today. “Most would agree,
however, that considering the pop star a deity is taking fandom to a
whole new level.”
The founder of the church, “Minister Diva” Pauline John Andrews, struck back at critics of the church on the church’s website, which is more of a joke page than anything else.
“We
are very disappointed in the failure of the public to recognize the
existence of a divine Deity walking among them. Deity's (sic) often walk
the Earth in their flesh form,” Andrew wrote. “Beyoncé will transcend
back to the spirit once her work here on Mother Earth has been
completed.”
There’s a even a word of Beyonce that the group promotes — called the “Beyble” — and is the main religious text of the church. And the church also has a commercial,
which airs locally in Atlanta. In the 46-second clip, nifty graphics
appear and spread the word about Beyonce and what makes her worthy of
such praise.
This isn’t the first time that someone has praised Beyonce in such a heavy way. American LiveWire reported on Wednesday that a 23-year-old committed suicide for Beyoncé. Designntrend.com
called the reports the “Ten Commandments gone wrong,” showing there are
some signs that this religious joke might be going a little too far.
But Religion News Service’s Laura Turner wrote that much of this religion is silly and that it should be taken too seriously.
“On
the one hand, it’s easy to find it silly, and it is silly in some
ways,” Turner wrote. “Beyoncé is just a person — albeit a stunningly
beautiful, collected, talented one. Worshiping her makes as little sense
to me as worshiping Kanye or Alan Greenspan or Alice Munro."
Not
many people have spoken against the church, as critics seem to think
it’s more of a tongue-in-cheek thing than it is a real religion, Turner
wrote. But there’s still plenty to like about the church.
“It
remains unclear just what Beyoncé-worship entails, although once the
temple is built the weekly hymns are sure to be off the hook.”