McDonald's church is no bad thing

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[your.sydneyanglicans.net] 4 Mar 2008--In his article ‘Would you like salvation with that?’ (Southern Cross February 2004), Mark Charleston from Ministry Training and Development argued that we can learn about “church growth and ministry” from the McDonald’s pattern of growth.

The development of McDonald’s in Australia, and indeed around the world, shows that as a product gains more and more positive exposure in a marketplace, so the perceived need for that product also grows.

Mark’s point was that when it comes to the word of God, the availability of it is self-promoting. The more people who are trained to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus, and who go on to do that, then the more people who will probably hear it and, God willing, respond in repentance and faith.

The flip side was articulated by Tim Foster, rector of All Souls, Leichhardt, in his September 2005 Southern Cross article, ‘McDonald’s church: will it appeal to the adults of tomorrow?’.

Tim also appealed to the McDonald’s business model. This time as a warning to us.