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The Franchise Business Opportunites blog has a telling article about churches starting to franchise themselves, entitled The Chick-Fil-A Church. These franchises are made possible by state of the art techonology, with the pastor preaching through a live video feed. Is the church a business to be franchised? How far will pastors go in their imitation of the marketing and business schemes of the world to achieve numerical success? God’s definition of success is far different from the world’s.

While there is nothing wrong with using techonology to aid ministry, it seems that beaming your pastor in by video misses the point. A wise pastor recently told me that your congregation will have a hard time respecting you and your preaching if you are not among them, serving them and building trust. Obviously, it’s hard to wash feet and feed sheep when you are miles away. Ministry is about people, whether it’s 6 or 600, it’s not about expanding your franchise.

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