Want fries with your communion wafers? McMass project wants McDonald's in churches

[UrbScotty]

Would you be more inclined to go to church if services came with a Big Mac and a side of fries? That's the idea behind McMass, a group whose goal is to put a McDonald's franchise in a church.

The group, led by Paul Di Lucca, a creative director at the church branding agency Lux Dei design, has launched a page on the IndieGoGo crowdfunding site. He's looking to raise $1 million to build the first McDonald's church.

The $1 million 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. "By combining a church and a McDonald's we can create a self-sustaining, community-engaged, popular church, and an unparalleled McDonald's restaurant."

http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-mcmass-mcdonalds-in-church-20141126-story.html

Besides the absurdity of this, I'd wonder how this would affect churches' tax-exempt statuses.