Another pizza joint…

pizza sign

Ever noticed that (except for the fast food chains) every restaurant in “small town Pennsylvania” is a pizza/sub joint?   They seem to pop up (and go out of business) almost automatically.  I don’t want to go all “restaurant critic”, and I love pizza and subs…but maybe the way to success in the fast food business is not to open up EXACTLY the same kind of place as everyone else!  Maybe serving the same menu items, in the same kind of location, and competing for the same customers isn’t really such a “safe” plan after all.   I’m pretty sure there are lots of other folks out there not planning to have pizza or subs tonight…

At actionchurch we are constantly changing…constantly trying to be “better” at what we do.  I want to be obedient to ANYTHING Jesus lays out for the church to do.  What I don’t ever want to do is to try to be “more like other churches” so “more people will come”.   Sorry, I know people mean well when they urge me to “just try to tone this down a little”…or “how about doing this program that blah blah church does”…”if you do, you’ll attract even more people”.   Sorry, I know a lot of people in “small town, Pennsylvania”  will NOT “get” our particular “menu” at actionchurch.  What I do know though,  is that we do NOT need another “pizza and subs” church in town because: 

 1.  There are plenty of them…

2.  They are doing a wonderful job with that “menu”…

3.  There are lot’s of people hungry for something else…

 

Q.  If actionchurch were a restaurant what would our menu be?   :-)

2 thoughts on “Another pizza joint…

  1. A street corner hot dog stand, (with one of our bands, setup and playing right behind us)! We are a bunch of normal people, with nothing to hide, actually with something to offer. We believe in being out amongst the people with something great to offer, our Lord Jesus Christ. He did the dieing for our sins, all we need to do is to tell his story, and try to live like him. It is my sincere hope that we never tone down the message that we have been receiving at actionchurch, the truth has one tone and I never want to change that to attract people.

  2. Pickle and peanut butter sandwiches. Unusual. Don’t knock it until you try it!