I'm standing here on the 50 acres of land we purchased for our new campus. The lot is cleared, the roads are in, and the the parking lot and pad are on grade and stoned. It's really exciting to see it all coming together. Click here to see pictures of what the first phase of the new church home will look like. It's going to be a 30,000 square feet facility that will include an auditorium, children's area and theatre, and administrative office space.
After over 5 years of meeting in rented facilities, it's going to be so nice to have a place we can call home. However, a building is only a tool to reach people for Christ. Buildings don't love people into God's Kingdom - people do. Buildings don't reach people - people do. Buildings don't serve the poor - people do. It's all about people reaching people and using buildings to help in that effort. After all, when we needed forgiveness and salvation, God didn't give us a building to worship in - he gave us a person - Jesus. I'm all for buildings, but not at the risk of losing the most important thing in ministry - life giving relationships.
