Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 6, 2010 – It’s true. Jonathan Acuff guarantees his new book, Stuff Christians Like (Zondervan, April 2009), is 100 percent funnier than The Shack, the religious fiction book that has taken the New York Times Bestseller List by storm. Stuff Christians Like is guaranteed to make you lose 15 pounds, whiten your teeth and God will make you rich (or so says Acuff, comedic extraordinaire). Side-splitting hysterical, full of amusing illustrations and short, satirical essays, readers will see the funny side of faith no matter their religious persuasion.

A spin-off of the cult-favorite blog-turned-book, Stuff White People Like, Acuff began a field guide blog to “all things Christian” almost two years ago, gently poking the weird, the annoying and the “things you think but never say out loud in the Christian world.” With over 6 million page views and readers from more than 200 countries, it’s clear his writing has hit a chord with people around the world.

Acuff’s expert grasp of pop culture, coupled with his word mastery and honest satire will have readers hooting through every entry – and the book has 120 and over 40 illustrations. With a literary voice that’s quirky, self-deprecating, whimsically sarcastic and completely honest, Acuff conveys profundity beneath his wit with writings that holds a surprising amount of depth and vulnerability, in a section titled “Saturday Night Cryfest.”

A vivacious communicator, Acuff stresses the fact that Stuff Christians Like is for all readers, writing comically in his introduction, “Do you love Jesus? Me too. This book is for you. Do you think we Christians are weird? Me too. This book is for you. I guess what I’m trying to say is that this book is for everyone. Everyone who has enough lettuce to support my shoe fetish. I’m kidding; that’s a Fergie lyric, not a reflection of my heart. I shouldn’t even know she exists, never mind be quoting her song in a book published be the people who also publish the Bible.”

Beneath all the humor and insight, Acuff also has a philanthropic side, using his blog to raise $30,000 in 18 hours to build a kindergarten in Vietnam. 24 days later, readers reached the $60,000 goal that will fund the building of two kindergartens.

”I started the blog on a whim, but somewhere along the way it became a ministry, challenging me and stretching people to think about if the stuff we like ever gets in the way of the God we love,” says Acuff.

Stuff Christians Like, releases in April 2010 and contains 65 percent original content and 35 percent classic stuffchristianslike.net entries. Be prepared for an intense abdominal workout the second you open the book.

It’s that funny.

About Stuff Christians Like
On a whim, Jon Acuff started a satirical blog called stuffchristianslike.net. Acuff hoped this reaction to the popular site Stuff White People Like would start dialog about how silly it is to slap a God-spin on popular secular ideas.

Since the blog started in March 2008, it has had over 6 million page views with over half a million pages views in November alone. Over one million unique visitors from 210 countries (98 percent of the world) have visited the blog and left over 65,000 comments.

Out of 112 million blogs in the world, Stuff Christians Like is ranked in the top .01 percent.

About Jon Acuff
Jon Acuff is the comedic genius behind the hit blog Stuff Christians Like which explores the funny things Christians do – including their love for side hugs, crock pots and metrosexual worship leaders. Now, this pastor's kid, with a mind for branding, a sarcastic mouth and a heart for God is challenging how we laugh about faith in a new book. Acuff is a copywriter and blogger and lives in Atlanta, with his wife and two daughters.
www.stuffchristianslike.net