Let's build a church that looks like a giant chicken

Towering above the tops of the trees in the Magelang Distract in Indonesia is a giant chicken.

The locals call it Gereja Ayam and, sadly, it is decaying rather quickly.

Why did they build a giant chicken church?

Good question. It is said that the building was intended as a prayer house for Daniel Alamsjah after hearing a message from God. It’s supposed to look like a dove, not a chicken. They wanted to build a giant dove church. You decide what it looks like.

The good news is that the building was put to good use for a while – running as a rehabilitation centre it helped look after disabled children, drug addicts and others.