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Pastor Bill Willenbrock starts his church service like many others: with an introduction and a prayer. But take a look around, and things might seem a little unusual.

He hosts his services in Night Church, a map that lives in the virtual reality program VR Chat, which anyone can also download for free. 

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Willenbrock himself is styled as a buff wizard. Text with his digital alter-ego name, PastorBrock, floats slightly above his head.

“I kind of consider myself a virtual evangelist or missionary,” he told Tapestry’s Arman Aghbali.

“It was just very fascinating to see what kind of conversations people would have

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/virtual-reality-church-1.6505628?cmp=rss.

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