Buildings don’t reach people, people reach people.
As stated earlier, “build it and they will come” is a myth—so is launching a multisite campus and they will come. Inadvertently, we have defined church success as a building, and the bigger the building, the greater the success. In reality, success is about taking ministry to the people by being the church in a community, not by building a church facility.
Buildings don’t change people, Jesus does.
The first three centuries of the Christian faith changed the world without constructing or owning a building. They met in existing facilities and homes.
God does not live in church buildings.
God dwells in human beings. The Apostle Paul made it very clear on Mars Hill in Athens, “God doesn’t live in man-made temples” (Acts 17:24). He explained it further to the believers in Corinth, “Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). The Apostle Peter concludes, “And now God is building you, as living stones, into his spiritual temple” (1 Peter 2:5).
Buildings are a means to the end, not the end game.
Buildings are tools. Church buildings are public places for corporate worship that establish presence and commitment to a local community.
Local churches are local.
The majority of church attenders live within 15 minutes driving time of their church building, the rest live within 30 minutes. The majority of a church’s time, energy and resources are spent locally. Church success is not defined by a building, but by transformed lives and communities.
Any facility, rented or owned, short-term or long-term, can be transformed into a warm and inviting church environment that tells your story your way. We see it happening every week in urban, suburban and rural communities.
