A US pastor has apparently taken the saying ‘practice what you preach’ literally as a regular sermon has never garnered as much attention as did last Sunday’s service at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Mississippi.

Axar.az reports citing Sputnik.

In a Hollywood-inspired stunt to illustrate the second coming of Jesus Christ, Rev. Bartholomew Orr dramatically flew into church on a zip-line, while repeatedly asking the audience ‘Are you ready for his return?’

To a round of applause and laughter of the people below, he continued his sermon with a few ‘Amens’ before he eventually could stand on the stage.

‘Just as Christ’s return is going to be unexpected, my flying in this morning was unexpected’, he said of his entry.

The video of his airborne trip went viral in an instant, prompting netizens to think of the wildest comparisons.