Church pastor: ‘In Christianity, it’s the Pope and Tebow right now’

Tim Tebow, March 26. Photo by REUTERS/Mike Segar

Speaking of Easter, the Jets new backup (?) quarterback—that would be Tim Tebow—spoke to about 15,000 at an Easter service in Texas today. Check out the quote from the church’s pastor. Talk about an intro:

“In Christianity, it’s the Pope and Tebow right now,” Celebration Church pastor Joe Champion he said. “We didn’t have enough room to handle the Pope.”

The rest of the AP story, which discusses Tebow’s talking points and hours and miles people drove to see him speak, can be read here.

(Hat tip: Rachel Zoll)