Posted on 07/11/2009 1:56:18 AM PDT by Schnucki
American motorists afraid that repairing the family car might break their budget are increasingly turning to Christian repair garages that offer honesty and charity as well as mechanical expertise.
Christian Brothers Automotive, founded in Texas in the early 1980s, has just opened its 59th franchise in the recession-hit suburbs of St Louis, Missouri as part of its plans to have 120 outlets across the United States. Most are currently based in the South’s Bible Belt but the company is now expanding north.
Nearly 80 per cent of Americans describe themselves as Christians so the company’s philosophy of ministering to its customers and treating them like family while fixing only what needs to be fixed is turning out to be good business during the recession.
“At the beginning of the day, we get together and have a prayer that God’s going to guide us and take us through the day and bless the customers that are coming in and that the guys are going to diagnose things and fix them to the best of our ability,” said Kip Bynum, 38, a former telecoms executive who co-owns the St Louis garage with his wife Lori.
“We try to give glory to the Lord in all that we do. We really believe that this facility here is not ours but it’s God’s facility. I look at every situation here and ask myself what the Lord would want me to do. This is a business God has put me in charge of.”
There are Christian restaurants, gyms, real estate agencies, plumbers, removal companies, computer technicians, even rodent exterminators. If you like, you can dress in Christian apparel and check out where to shop in a multitude of Christian business directories.
But the fact that most people have experienced a garage over-charging or billing for
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But it must sound so exotic to Brits and Eurabians.
Wow, a business that treats its customers well? And it’s successful? Who woulda thunk it?
Wow! It is kind of a joke around here that when you see the sign reading Christian Business....keep driving!
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