{"id":255924,"date":"2026-04-18T17:19:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/255924\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:19:25","slug":"san-antonio-chick-fil-a-manager-goes-viral-after-serving-up-prayer-session-over-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/255924\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Chick-fil-A manager goes viral after serving up prayer session over lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A San Antonio Chick-fil-A manager has given new meaning to the phrase \u201ca wing and a prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The boss at one of the famed chicken joint\u2019s Texas locations went viral after an April 7\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@scottmalouff\/video\/7625717059120286990?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7530683380502316575\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0showed him praying over customers, urging them to \u201cstick to God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clip of the manager, known only as \u201cMr. Matt,\u201d earned plenty of praise and thousands of likes \u2014 though some keyboard warriors got their claws out about the God-fearing episode at the Northwoods location on San Pedro Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.59253499;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39115018\" width=\"940\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manager-san-antonio-texas-chick-125790496.jpg\" alt=\"People eating in a Chick-fil-A dining room and a man in a pink shirt with his arms up\" class=\"wp-image-39115018\"  \/>Mr. Matt, a manager at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, gave the dining room an impromptu sermon that was filmed and put online, sparking a fierce debate. scottmalouff \/TikTok<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the best,\u201d Sergio, another of the store\u2019s managers, told The Post. \u201cIf it\u2019s someone\u2019s birthday, he gets the whole dining room to sing to them. He brings his positive energy everywhere he goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Gill, wife of conservative US Rep. Brandon Gill, who represents Texas\u2019s 26th Congressional District, reposted the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis San Antonio, Texas Chick-fil-A manager has gone viral for praying for his customers and encouraging them to \u2018stick to God\u2019 during lunch,\u201d she wrote, along with a praying hands emoji.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore of this, please! God bless him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Matt included encouraging messages in the impromptu sermon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrust in Him \u2026 Don\u2019t worry about today, just trust in God \u2026 Lean on Him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Matt\u2019s lunchtime sermon was exactly what some diners ordered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if you don\u2019t believe, everyone needs prayer. Thank you sir,\u201d said one commenter on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich CFA is this? I want to go there,\u201d enthused another, while a third went all out with \u201cyes and amen in the name of Jesus hallelujah thank you God amen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50588235;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39115017\" width=\"888\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/chick-fil-a-northwoods-san-125791016.jpg\" alt=\"the front of a Chik-fil-A restaurant\" class=\"wp-image-39115017\"  \/>Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy laid out a corporate policy that leaned on Christian principles to \u201cglorify God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone was feeling Mr. Matt\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I wanted that, I would go to a church. I go to a restaurant to eat,\u201d someone scolded on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow about he just does he damn job without religious bull***t?\u201d squawked another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust concentrate on making good chicken sandwiches,\u201d groused a third.<\/p>\n<p>Praying in a Chick-fil-A is hardly out of character \u2014 the chain\u2019s business model is rooted in Biblical principles.<\/p>\n<p>Founder S. Truett Cathy, who opened the first restaurant in 1967 in Atlanta\u2019s Greenbriar Mall,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chick-fil-a.com\/careers\/culture\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">laid out a corporate policy<\/a>\u00a0that leans on Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>Cathy, who died in 2014, wrote that Chick-fil-A will \u201cglorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Matt and corporate headquarters did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Antonio Chick-fil-A manager has given new meaning to the phrase \u201ca wing and a prayer.\u201d The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[20032,33431,55554,23536,5466,1968,82,84,83,27,734],"class_list":{"0":"post-255924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-chick-fil-a","9":"tag-customer","10":"tag-god","11":"tag-jesus","12":"tag-lunch","13":"tag-religion","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","16":"tag-san-antonio-news","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}