A Prespective on Megachurches


	A Prespective on Megachurches

earlgreyrooibos

5-21-2007 10:17 AM

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earlgreyrooibos says:

I found this in a comment in one of the blogs I read. I found it incredibly fascinating. Megachurches are more like Walmart, and small churches are like those mom-and-pop stores which are threatened. Interesting.

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5-22-2007 3:45 AM

Thorne

Wow. This seems to be more about marketing than religion... oh wait... that's a bit redundant, isn't it?!

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