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Summary
- Chick-fil-A is not owned by or affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; it is a family business run by Truett Cathy’s grandson Andrew.
- Founder S. Truett Cathy (died 2014) was a Southern Baptist layman who taught Sunday school at First Baptist Church in Jonesboro, Georgia, for more than 50 years.
- Cathy decided to close on Sundays in 1946 so that he and his employees could rest, be with their families or worship.
- The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 calls the first day of the week the Lord’s Day, commemorating the resurrection of Christ.
- Since 1982 the company’s Corporate Purpose has been “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us.”
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Bob Allen, “Chick-fil-A founder, Baptist layman, Truett Cathy dies,” Baptist News Global, 8 September 2014. https://baptistnews.com/article/chick-fil-a-founder-baptist-layman-truett-cathy-dies/
- “Company,” Chick-fil-A. https://www.chick-fil-a.com/about/company
- “Why is Chick-fil-A closed on Sunday?” Chick-fil-A. https://www.chick-fil-a.com/customer-support/who-we-are/our-culture-and-values/why-is-chick-fil-a-closed-on-sunday
- “Our Culture and Values,” Chick-fil-A. https://www.chick-fil-a.com/careers/culture
- The Baptist Faith and Message 2000, Southern Baptist Convention, article VIII. https://bfm.sbc.net/bfm2000/
- Bible quotations: Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10 (King James Version). https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+20%3A7%3BRevelation+1%3A10&version=KJV
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