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Cracker Barrel’s Lessons for Building a Church Culture

Cracker Barrel’s Lessons for Building a Church Culture

Update: 2025-08-25

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Cracker Barrel's disastrous rebrand has been a hot topic online. But when ew peel back why it has been such a disaster, we can find important lessons for the church on building culture, having an identity, chasing approval, and more.

We discuss:
00:00 - Intro and Cracker Barrel's Rebrand
06:12 - Identity, Culture, and the Church
17:30 - All things to all men?
24:35 - Courting the world's approval
41:38 - Starving the sheep to feed the goats
46:30 - Enforcing a standard

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Cracker Barrel’s Lessons for Building a Church Culture

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