Evangelical telly has been beamed into your home via the more obscure satellite channels for a few years now, writes Patrick Barkham. You can find Americans asking for your money and preachers saving your souls via offshore operations in Spain and Nigeria. But until this week, there has never been a British-based channel asking its viewers for cash.
Howard and Lesley Conder have changed all that with Revelation TV, the Christian channel they created in a cupboard-sized London studio four years ago. On Wednesday night, they completed their first fundraising week - the first time they have been allowed to pass round the collection plate for what Howard, a former music producer, calls his "church without walls". In one week, with a tiny audience, they raised more than £300,000.
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