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 > Singing and dancing in St Andrew's, Kasulu, Tanzania > A magnificent 10 for the sermon at Ascension, Chicago > A boisterous communion at St Mark's, Gabalfa, Cardiff, UK > Welcomed with chocolate at New Hope, Visalia, California > Nothing very heavenly about Totnes Methodist, UK > Off-piste liturgy at St Francis Xavier, Phoenix, USA > Pentecost Sunday at St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland > Hearty singing and responses at All Saints, Albany, USA > Dead slow organ playing at Union Church, Hunstanton, UK > Bored Anglo-Catholicism at St Peter's, Melbourne, Australia > A choir dropped from heaven in St Mary the Virgin, NYC > A homely sermon at The Barn, Culloden, Scotland > Left alone in Church of the Palms, Sarasota, FL, USA > There's no place like home, in Banchory, Scotland > "Offend no one" worship at Grace, Holland, MI, USA > A fiery sermon from Revd Wright at Barack Obama's ex-church > Laughter and efficiency at Jesus Lifehouse, Tokyo > Formation genuflecting at All Saints Margaret St, London > Solemn mass at St Thomas, Ann Arbor, MI, USA > Children lead prayers at Grace United, Barrie, Canada 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 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.