The Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish is a new memecoin project that wants to build a real church in Texas while sharing life lessons with humor.
This pretty unique initiative quickly gained attention, reaching a market cap of $130 million just two weeks after debuting on Pump.fun.
Bold vision for growth
Pastor Kelby, the founder of the Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish, officially registered it as a nonprofit organization.
He announced plans to create a physical church in Marfa, Texas, and shared that supporters have already donated over $130,000 to purchase land for this purpose.
He also shared that he visited the site and connected with a construction company to begin building.
Originally, the Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish started as a collaborative effort, but Kelby ended up managing it alone after his partner left.
When the token’s value was around $700,000, he decided to turn it into a platform for sharing self-help teachings that had influenced his life.
He began hosting daily sermons on Twitter Spaces, where he reads from personal development books like Think and Grow Rich and The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.
These sessions since then attracted hundreds of followers who appreciate his approach.
Humor with a purpose
What may look like a lighthearted, surreal project—complete with an image of a chicken with a fish head smoking a cigarette—actually has deeper goals.
Kelby sees this as an opportunity to spread positive messages and promote personal growth.
“If these books changed my life, they could do the same for others.”
The church has even created its own set of rules called the chickenmandments, which include humorous guidelines like “Thou shalt work for your bags” and “Thou shalt only smoke Marlboro Reds” in honor of their deity, “Lord Fishnu.” Degens must be proud.
Blessed are?
The planned physical church wants to be both a funny and meaningful space for followers to gather and learn.
The vision includes features like a Marlboro Red dispenser, a statue of Lord Fishnu, and Pastor Kelby performing baptisms in chicken broth (this one is maybe a little too much).
The church also plans to invite motivational speakers to share their insights, blending humor with serious messages meant to inspire change.
With this mix of satire and genuine intent, Pastor Kelby hopes the Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish will become a place where humor meets self-improvement, making it a quite distinctive addition to the world of memecoins.
