Churches Meeting in Non-Traditional Venues

Wednesday October 27, 2010

I've been thinking about the places that new churches meet. More on that in the coming days.

In 2007, we did some research on the best places for churches to meet. Since most established churches have a building, the focus was more on where new churches would meet. I've adapted an article I wrote in 2007 for use today.

First, you have to ask the question, "Will the unchurched visit a church that meets in a non-traditional venue?" Survey results indicate that they will.

To a majority of the population -- and particularly the unchurched -- it doesn't matter. While I was at the Center for Missional Research at the North American Mission Board, we asked 1,200 people if knowing a church meets in a traditional church building would negatively affect their decision to visit or join a church. Nearly three quarters of those surveyed expressed that whether or not the church met in a traditional church building made no difference. (This blog is an adaptation of an article I wrote on the subject while working there.)
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