Should Confessionally Reformed, Lutheran and Anglican Churchmen follow suit, to wit: using this venue to extend the Reformational witness?
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=6712
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=6712
Mark Driscoll and Other Megachurches Franchise Their “Churches” Interstate-Wide
June 28th, 2011 | 
Author: LTRP Note: The following article by Christianity Today is in no way an endorsement of Christianity Today, a Christian magazine that has lent strong support to the “new” Christianity. This article is for informational and research purposes only.
Pastor Mark Driscoll’s megachurch recently announced plans to expand into Portland, Oregon, and Orange County, California, using multi-site campuses that feature live bands and a sermon piped in from the main campus in Seattle.
The move is part of a trend among megachurches to extend their brand of church to new communities, in hopes of reaching unchurched people with the gospel. But critics fear the out-of-state campuses turn churches into franchises like McDonald’s or Starbucks. . . .
Bob Hyatt, pastor of the Evergreen Community in Portland, agrees that people in his city need to hear about Jesus.
But he has some doubts about Mars Hill’s method, which seems to him more like corporate expansion than church planting. “If you are a church planter in Portland, it’s a bit like reading the notice that Wal-Mart is coming and you are the mom-and-pop store,” he said. Click here to continue reading.
Multi-Site Churches Go Interstate
Megachurches expand across state lines.
by Bob Smietana (Christianity Today)
Mars Hill Church is coming to town.Pastor Mark Driscoll’s megachurch recently announced plans to expand into Portland, Oregon, and Orange County, California, using multi-site campuses that feature live bands and a sermon piped in from the main campus in Seattle.
The move is part of a trend among megachurches to extend their brand of church to new communities, in hopes of reaching unchurched people with the gospel. But critics fear the out-of-state campuses turn churches into franchises like McDonald’s or Starbucks. . . .
Bob Hyatt, pastor of the Evergreen Community in Portland, agrees that people in his city need to hear about Jesus.
But he has some doubts about Mars Hill’s method, which seems to him more like corporate expansion than church planting. “If you are a church planter in Portland, it’s a bit like reading the notice that Wal-Mart is coming and you are the mom-and-pop store,” he said. Click here to continue reading.
BRINGING IN THE GOATS HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER AS DRISCOLL DUPLICATES SEATTLES EMERGENT ROCK CHURCH SCENE TO PORTLAND OREGON – I GUESS THEY HEARD THERES SINNERS TO CODDLE THERE TOO !
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