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The Billion-Dollar Megachurch Lawsuit That Feels Weirdly Familiar
What a Texas church scandal reveals about power, process, and the soul of the church
When I was a young pastor, I once tried to change the font on the church bulletin.
Just the font.
From Times New Roman to Calibri.
Nothing controversial. I thought it looked cleaner, more modern, more welcoming. No one had asked me to do it. I didn’t think they needed to. It was a bulletin, not doctrine.
But the backlash came swiftly. That Sunday, a retired elder caught me after the service. “I saw the bulletin,” he said. “Is this the new look now?”
“Just a font change,” I offered. “Felt like time for an update.”
He frowned. “We’re not Hillsong.”
I blinked. “It’s just Calibri.”
He shook his head. “That’s how it starts.”
I laughed, assuming it was a joke.
It wasn’t.
What surprised me wasn’t that someone noticed. It was how personal it felt to them — as if I hadn’t just changed a font, but had tampered with something sacred.
