Just spent several hours meeting with Curt Hughes and a crew from Life Church in Wheaton, Illinois. They are exploring coffeehouse possibilities.

We’re still catching our breath from opening Ebenezers. And we’ve only been in the coffeehouse business for three months But I’m amazed at how many churches are interested in the possibility of opening a coffeehouse. Our coffeehouse manager has been fielding quite a few emails lately

We don’t do anything without thinking about doing it again. I think it is part of our multi-site DNA. So I can certainly envision coffeehouses all over the DC area. And we’ve had numerous churches inquire about franchising Ebenezers in different places around the country. So one of the things we talked about today is how we could package what we’re doing as “a coffeehouse in a mug“ so to speak so that other churches don’t have to reinvent the wheel. I’d love to leverage this coffeehouse church concept so other churches can piggy-back off of what we’re doing. Maybe a barista-in-training program to compliment our church-planter-in-residence position

My sixth sense tells me that the church in a coffeehouse idea could take off like the church in a theater idea. In fact, there may be even more potential for coffeehouse churches as a church planting or multi-site model. Especially if it is financially viable.

Just blogging out loud.

All I know is this: I love doing church in a coffeehouse.

We need more caffeinated churches