MIMES SPREADING WORD OF GOD

MIMES SPREADING WORD OF GOD

PASADENA, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- A married couple who teach pantomime are spreading the word of God without actually speaking. For the last ten years, Todd and Marilyn Farley have operated Mimeistry, Inc., a school for mimes who want to be ministers. Todd says he's trained more than 6000 pantomime preachers, many of whom are missionaries who need a non-verbal way to teach the scriptures. Some churches are even using pantomime preachers to act out stories from the Bible or to deliver entertaining sermons. Although mimes have been a part of Christianity since the early days, Farley admits some fundamentalist churches aren't too thrilled with pantomime preaching because it's too close to dancing.