What is this? Since ancient times (ok, 1998), Ship of Fools has been sending Mystery Worshippers to churches worldwide. Travelling incognito, they ask those questions which go to the heart of church life: How long was the sermon? How hard the pew? How cold was the coffee? How warm the welcome? The only clue they have been there at all is the Mystery Worshipper calling card, dropped discreetly into the collection plate. If you would like to become a Mystery Worshipper, start here. See our archive of reports Famous/infamous UK & Ireland USA Oz & NZ Canada Elsewhere       Latest reports > Pope Benedict praises Pope Pius in St Peter's, Vatican City > Riling the Maronites in St Joseph's, Phoenix, AZ, USA > Morbid hymn singing in Christ Church, Brunswick, Australia > A cool reception at St Hilary's, Fort Myers, FL, USA > World's worst pew in Castelton Methodist, Yorkshire, UK > Bells, smells and Bear the dog at St James, Vancouver > 11 ordinations, 8 typos, at Exeter Cathedral, UK > "Amen? Amen!" Brain-dead sermon at Zion, Troy, MI, USA > Orthodox unfriendliness in Transfiguration, Brooklyn, NYC, USA > Breakaway Episcoplians meet in Brewster, MA, USA > A sinister statue distracts at St Joseph's, Bromley, UK > When singing alienates: St Stephen's, Bayswater, Australia > Glorious Anglo-Catholicism at Tewkesbury Abbey, UK > Invited to brunch at Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, AZ, USA > A Gilbert & Sullivan service at St John's, Buxton, UK > Here comes the sun... Greenbelt communion, UK > Eraserhead moment in Mar Ibrahim, Scottsdale, AZ, USA > Danger of tongue hernia in St Mary's, Ambleside, UK > Peace and tranquility in Buckfast Methodist, Devon, UK > Singing out of sync at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh Special reports > Funeral Service for Mormon President, Salt Lake City > Shrill music, friendly people at St Pixels Internet church > Ted Haggard's church before and after the Big Bang > Honoring the martyrs in Lowndes County Courthouse, AL > Rev. Billy rises after attack by Mickey Mouse in NYC > Mystery Worshipper visits the world's smallest church > Mystery Worshipper Sunday: 70 London churches visited Comments, corrections and removals For the latest comments on and corrections to Mystery Worshipper reports, please go here. Reports over two years old can be removed at the request of the church reviewed. Please email here for further details.     The Mystery Worshipper mug! Order your very own Mystery Worshipper mug in time for Christmas. Click here. The Mystery Pilgrim One of our most seasoned reporters, Augustine the Aleut, travels 1200 kilometres on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, and reports from the churches he visited along the ancient route. Read here. London churches Read reports from 70 London churches, visited by a small army of Mystery Worshippers on one single Sunday. Read here.