A member of our church sent an e-mail pointing out this important breakthrough in evangelism techniques.

Headline WIVB TV4 Buffalo: Buffalo Church Opens it’s [sic] Own Subway Restaurant

(Buffalo, NY, September 26, 2004) – - How does eat and worship sound to you. A Buffalo Church is the first church in America to open it’s own Subway Restaurant.

True Bethel Baptist Church on East Ferry held a grand opening inside the church Saturday.

Construction started several months ago on the 150 thousand dollar renovation project.

Pastor Darius Pridgen believes the Subway Franchise will help the church meet the needs of the community.

I suppose it would be a cliche for a Buffalo church open a Buffalo wings restaurant, so it works for them to do a sub shop. But as was pointed out in the e-mail, “I think QSL in our buildings would be a much better idea!”

Quaker Steak and Lube would be a very good fit for our church. There is a great need in the community for a good chicken wings restaurant. It is a scandal that people have to drive thirty miles to go to biker night at the nearest QSL. With a QSL in our church, we can reach out to meet people right at the point of their need (for good chicken wings). And while that need is met, we can do the old bait-and-switch to give them the gospel.

For example, if someone gets an order of wings with the atomic sauce, it provides a great opportunity to talk about hell and the eternal lake of fire. Imagine the emotional response you can get as the person sits there with tears in their eyes and pain in their mouth. Obviously that will work much better for converting people than anything a submarine sandwich shop could do.

And our fellowship hall would look great with race cars hanging from the ceiling.

Source: Randy J.