McDonald's Church? Crowdfunding Efforts Get Low Response

First McDonald's Church Launches Crowdfunding Campaign with Low Response

We are surely not surprised at this. There are other franchises with churches but a McDonald's is a new one. It will certainly bring in much revenue for the church. But did they think about the real health issues and protests of bringing this restaurant "to church" with its controversial health risks in their food.

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As church attendance falls, one group believes that the lure of a burger and fries might make church more appealing.

McMass Project, which is the brainchild of Paul Di Lucca — a creative director at the church branding agency Lux Dei Design — is raising funds to put a McDonald’s franchise inside a place of worship.

“Christianity is unable to capture modern audiences,” Di Lucca told NBC News. “There’s a lack of innovation and lack of design thinking in Church communities.”
The multi-denominational group has launched a campaign on the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo and hopes to raise $1 million to build the first McDonald’s church. As of Friday, only $104 has been raised.

We are very interested in how far this will go knowing that the money received so far is so low.
The groups says that the money will go toward purchasing a franchise and construction. The group is currently looking for a church to partner with.

“It’s time for churches to engage with entrepreneurship,” writes the group on its IndieGoGo site. “By combining a church and a McDonald’s we can create a self-sustaining, community-engaged, popular church, and an unparalleled McDonald’s restaurant.”

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