Episode 601: New, Creative, and Imaginative Ways to Plant Churches, part 3

In Episode 601 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed explore new, creative, and imaginative ways church plants are renting or leveraging the physical space.

In This Episode, You’ll Discover:

  • Who will consider sharing space
  • Thoughts on multiple churches co-owning a space

 Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):

  • “Even when there is not a gospel commonality, there has also been some collaborative shared worship space.” – @edstetzer
  • “Businesses are very concerned about liability.” – @edstetzer
  • “One of the space questions will be: How are you able to re-emerge in rented space?” – @edstetzer
  • “You will find sometimes that a Jewish synagogue is more likely to rent to you than a mainline protestant congregation partly because there is a tension that is greater sometimes between mainline protestants and evangelicals.” – @edstetzer
  • “We see buildings in utilitarian ways rather than sacred or holy ways.” – @edstetzer
  • “Someone has to be responsible for the cleaning and insurance, so there isn’t really a model where two organizations own the same space.” – @edstetzer
  • “Let’s find more creative ways to do more creative things.” – @edstetzer

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Published June 10, 2021

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