MegaChurches - cults in the making

Having been a creeped out by MegaChurches for a while, this article just pushes it over onto full-blown heebee-geebees. As they grow and grow and encompass more and more of their parishoner's lives - how is it indistinguishable from a cult? I understand that people may want to live a religious life, but how exactly do some of these things in Table 3 make any sense mixing with a church, unless it's the need to influence or control every minutia of parishoner's lives? Auto repair clinic? (let's say a prayer so that Jesus will bless this carburetor rebuild) kickboxing class? (Who Would Jesus Roundhouse Kick?)

The closing of the article says it well:
"The megachurch phenomenon is, above all, an awesome tool. I fear the day when its wielders decide just what they mean to use it for."