church buildings
Preservation of church and planet
“The least green thing,” says Bob Jaeger of Partners for Sacred Places, “is to tear down and replace the building.”
Learning to love our church’s (expensive) steeple
At first I resented the costly repairs. Then I took a closer look.
Church buildings aren’t just buildings
The church is made of people. But they need a home.
They sold First UMC and put up a tent in the parking lot
"It feels vulnerable to be the weird lady outside preaching sermons."
Hillary Frances interviews Mandy Sloan McDow
5 do's and 5 don'ts for using your church building well
A physical space can be at the vital center of ministry—if you don't make it an idol.
Let us now praise church custodians
If I were to put up a plaque at church, I’d want it to honor our crew of sextons.
What will make us better humans?
As I think about all of the complex questions we have ahead of us concerning downsizing, restructuring, property, and buildings, I’ve begun to have one guiding question.
New $14 million fund supports historic congregations
The National Fund for Sacred Places aims to help churches raise funds, restore their buildings, and find new community partnerships.
The stewardship opportunity
There's a budget shortfall. What's the congregation going to do?
Dying to leave a legacy
What happens when a congregation's ministry is something we can't see without a rearview mirror?
Who owns France’s churches?
Why, asks Dalil Boubakeur, should hundreds of empty churches not be converted to mosques? It's an intriguing question.
Rejects in the center
Perhaps normal people no longer assume that church is part of what it means to be normal. Or perhaps the idea of a normal center was flawed all along.
by Samuel Wells