A man in Topeka , Kansas decided to write a book about churches around 
the country... He started by flying to San Francisco and started working east. 
                                                              
Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making    
notes.  He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was      
intrigued with a sign, which read 'Calls: $10,000 a minute.'  Seeking    
out the preacher, he asked about the phone and the sign. The preacher  
answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and 
if he pays the price he can talk directly to GOD.                        
                                                                            
The man thanked the preacher and continued on his way. As he continued  
  to visit churches in Seattle , Denver , St. Louis , Chicago ,  Milwaukee,

and around the United States , he found more phones, with the same    
  sign, and the same answer from each preacher.                            
                                                                            
  Finally, he arrived in North ersonName>CarolersonName>ina , upon entering a church in        
  Charlotte , behold - he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time,  
  the sign read 'Calls: 35 cents.'                                        
                                                                            
  Fascinated, he asked to talk to the preacher, 'Preacher, I have been in  
  cities all across the country and in each church I have found this      
  golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and    
  that I could talk to GOD, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 
  a minute.  Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?'                  
                                                                            
  This part you gotta love...............................                  
                                                                            
  The preacher, smiling benignly, replied, 'Son, you're in the South now.  
  This is God's Country, It's a local call.'