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Free Market Christ
06 December 2004
In the Riverview Community Bank in Otsego, Minnesota, the staff pray with customers -- in offices or at the drive-through window -- under the direction of bank "pastor," Chuck Ripka, who says God spoke to him on the bank's opening day, telling him, "'Chuck, if you pastor the bank, I'll take care of the bottom line.'" Jon Tevlin, of The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, reports on Riverview's controversial plan to win souls for Jesus while competing in the free market.

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