Comments on: Megachurches Impacting Local Economies http://tonymorganlive.com/2007/11/28/megachurches-impacting-local-economies/ Trying to be strategic. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://tonymorganlive.com/2007/11/28/megachurches-impacting-local-economies/#comment-4034 Chris Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:06:03 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=1236#comment-4034 I don't know about the churches operating malls or McDonald's stores, but at ChangePoint, as far as I know, the Dome is an entirely separate business entity. ChangePoint money did not build the Dome and Dome revenue does not go to ChangePoint. Once the construction loans and everything are repaid, I'm not sure what's going to happen (maybe prices will go down, since it's technically a non-profit) but for now, it's a deal done in partnership with ChangePoint (and the man who came up with the idea for the Dome and who spearheaded its construction is a member of ChangePoint, though the board of directors are not all ChangePoint members) but not technically done <i>by</i> ChangePoint. I could be wrong on this, though The community response has been overwhelmingly positive. There are a few complaints from the operators of a couple of much smaller air domes (worried that we're unfairly competing with them as a non-profit), but the community needed this space so badly that no one is paying attention to them. And it's working as we intended: we've already had people coming to the church who otherwise never would have come, wondering what kind of church would do this kind of thing for the community. Now <i>that's</i> something to praise God for! I don’t know about the churches operating malls or McDonald’s stores, but at ChangePoint, as far as I know, the Dome is an entirely separate business entity. ChangePoint money did not build the Dome and Dome revenue does not go to ChangePoint. Once the construction loans and everything are repaid, I’m not sure what’s going to happen (maybe prices will go down, since it’s technically a non-profit) but for now, it’s a deal done in partnership with ChangePoint (and the man who came up with the idea for the Dome and who spearheaded its construction is a member of ChangePoint, though the board of directors are not all ChangePoint members) but not technically done by ChangePoint. I could be wrong on this, though

The community response has been overwhelmingly positive. There are a few complaints from the operators of a couple of much smaller air domes (worried that we’re unfairly competing with them as a non-profit), but the community needed this space so badly that no one is paying attention to them. And it’s working as we intended: we’ve already had people coming to the church who otherwise never would have come, wondering what kind of church would do this kind of thing for the community. Now that’s something to praise God for!

]]> By: The Saving Freak http://tonymorganlive.com/2007/11/28/megachurches-impacting-local-economies/#comment-4033 The Saving Freak Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:44:43 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=1236#comment-4033 What great expansions for ministry. I had seen and heard of churches running for profit businesses (McDonald's, Coffee shops, etc.) but had no idea the lengths that the local churches were going to expand ministry and revenue. I do wonder what these businesses do as far as tithing in the church. Does it make people less likely to tithe due to the amount of money the church is bringing in? What great expansions for ministry. I had seen and heard of churches running for profit businesses (McDonald’s, Coffee shops, etc.) but had no idea the lengths that the local churches were going to expand ministry and revenue. I do wonder what these businesses do as far as tithing in the church. Does it make people less likely to tithe due to the amount of money the church is bringing in?

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