In the US, churches and youth centres have been holding 'Halo Nights' in order to attract teenagers to join their flocks, reports The New York Times.

　　According to the article, "churches and youth centres across Protestant divisions" have been using the first-person shooter to get youngsters in, and also engage them in debates about good versus evil.

　　Ken Kenerly, a pastor in a church in Atlanta, explained the reasoning as, "There aren't as many kids outdoors as indoors. With gamers, how else can you get into their lives?"

　　Other men of the cloth agree with him--David Drexler, youth director at the Country Bible Church in Ashby, Minnesota, said using Halo to recruit was "the most effective thing we've done... We have to find something that these kids are interested in doing that doesn't involve drugs or alcohol or premarital sex."

　　So how does playing Halo in a church reconcile with the commandment 'Thou Shalt Not Kill?' Kedrick Kenerly, founder of Christian Gamers Online, says, "I'm not walking up to someone with a pistol and shooting them. I'm shooting pixels on a screen."