Comments on: The Mom-and-Pop Church (Part 4) http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/10/14/the-mom-and-pop-church-part-4/ Let's give the Commission back to the church. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Camel Rider http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/10/14/the-mom-and-pop-church-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-2345 Camel Rider Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:59:59 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/10/14/the-mom-and-pop-church-part-4/#comment-2345 I think the small group movement has been our attempt to appear mom and pop while still offering all of the perks of the corporation (mega church). The interesting thing is that if the small group starts to act as the church...many times the members struggle with wanting to attend the big meetings....why should they. Then if leadership finds out...usually the group is reigned back in...interesting. I saw the same thing at Starbucks when I worked there. We could be involved in the local community and operate as a "local" shop as long as it fit within the corporate standards and it reflected positively on the bottom line. This isn't why mom and pops do what they do....their actions are a result of their true desire to be local and organic. I think the small group movement has been our attempt to appear mom and pop while still offering all of the perks of the corporation (mega church). The interesting thing is that if the small group starts to act as the church…many times the members struggle with wanting to attend the big meetings….why should they. Then if leadership finds out…usually the group is reigned back in…interesting.

I saw the same thing at Starbucks when I worked there. We could be involved in the local community and operate as a “local” shop as long as it fit within the corporate standards and it reflected positively on the bottom line. This isn’t why mom and pops do what they do….their actions are a result of their true desire to be local and organic.

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