Thursday, February 05, 2004
Idols with Steeples part 2
I'm afraid that I may not have been totally clear yesterday and that more explanation may be required. As I spoke with my wife last night she related the experience of having been on a building committee and touring other churches in the area. One of these churches is well on it's way to being a megachurch. Their attitude toward their building was very telling. They designed it for full function, it is convertible to a wide variety of functions. It is a beautiful building but it is built with very functional materials that are easily maintained. The point is they built the building to be what it is, the box that holds the church.
My denomination used to have a handle on this (and in some quarters still does) When they started they had house churches, some folks even built their homes with hinged dividing walls that could be folded back to hold more people. When they outgrew those houses, they either planted more churches or moved to their barns. The point is this, they realized the building wasn't what's holy, what's holy is what happened inside, the crowning achievement of God's creation worshipping their heavenly Father.
Church buildings are awesome but keep them in perspective.
I'm afraid that I may not have been totally clear yesterday and that more explanation may be required. As I spoke with my wife last night she related the experience of having been on a building committee and touring other churches in the area. One of these churches is well on it's way to being a megachurch. Their attitude toward their building was very telling. They designed it for full function, it is convertible to a wide variety of functions. It is a beautiful building but it is built with very functional materials that are easily maintained. The point is they built the building to be what it is, the box that holds the church.
My denomination used to have a handle on this (and in some quarters still does) When they started they had house churches, some folks even built their homes with hinged dividing walls that could be folded back to hold more people. When they outgrew those houses, they either planted more churches or moved to their barns. The point is this, they realized the building wasn't what's holy, what's holy is what happened inside, the crowning achievement of God's creation worshipping their heavenly Father.
Church buildings are awesome but keep them in perspective.
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