By Mike Bacile As church cafés have developed over the years, so has the basic formula for creating a café that meets the needs and purpose of the community. Fading are the days when a church could just serve drip coffee and still be able to create the community and needed revenue for ministries. But along with the new wave of cafés comes a stark reality: if the café isn’t set up and run correctly, it can be more burden than blessing. When the first big wave of church cafés s

The most frequent question I get from churches is, “ How do we know if our church should build a café / coffee bar?” A café has so many positive possibilities to offer a church community. However, it should meet three important criteria in order to really produce the fellowship and revenue most churches are looking for.We always ask churches the following three questions when they approach us to help create their café. Question #1: What is your weekend attendance on a normal