Tag: in n out

  • Business Models in the Church

    We celebrate businesses acting more like ministries.

    • We love TOMS Shoes buy one give one mantra.
    • We adore that Chic-fil-A is closed on Sunday in observance of the sabbath.
    • We show all our friends that In-N-Out has bible verses stamped on the bottom of their cups.
    • We got teary eyed watching Undercover Boss when the CEO of Frontier got involved in a co-workers homeless ministry.
    • We love when businesses embrace a holy inefficiency for Kingdom impact.

    If you hang out with ministry types, you’ll discover that they celebrate ministries who make their churches more like businesses.

    • Churches hire HR professionals.
    • Churches lay people off.
    • Churches acquire other churches.
    • Churches hire MBAs to be “Executive Pastors.”
    • Churches hire CPA’s to run their finance departments.
    • Churches hire advertising executives to run their marketing departments.
    • Churches have departments!
    • Churches have board rooms, safe rooms, and even war rooms.
    • We love when churches a mantra of efficiency.

    The Problem

    Churches acting more like businesses has lead to reaching less of the population. (Read more here and here.)

    Businesses acting more like ministries has lead to those companies growing in a down economy. (Read more here and here.)

    Statement of the Obvious

    Why don’t we celebrate ministry leaders who just want their ministries more and more like a ministry?

    Let’s embrace some holy inefficiency and grow the Kingdom!

  • Fantastic Pointless Roadtrip

    in n outI love taking students on spiritual journeys. I call them “pointless road trips.” In other words, I like to pile a few students into the church van to drive a long way for something fairly benign. My personal favorite was driving to Grand Rapids (2 hours) to watch a movie.

    But Stuart Delony is taking it to a whole new level. He is taking a couple of leaders and several students on a 1000 mile quest for an In-n-Out Burger. For those who have never tasted In-n-Out burgers let me just tell you that 1000 miles may not be too far. They are the king of the fast food burger.

    Here’s what he writes:

    This is actually a contemplative journey for 6 high school students that happens to involve fast food, visiting churches as we drive, prayer, questions and camping on the Oregon coast. link

    Hey man, if the boss bought that line than you are my hero. Enjoy the ride!