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Just a thoughtful question; If God didn't real...

2009-07-15T18:22:36.011-04:00

Just a thoughtful question; If God didn't really care at all about buildings, why did He spend so much time laying out the plans for His tabernacle?

Also, if I were a craftsman and architect gifted by God, wouldn't my expression of worship literally be squashed if everyone always said "God doesn't care about buildings?"

Also, if the "church" is to forsake not the assembling of themselves, wouldn't this preclude that they need somewhere to assemble? if so, wouldn't a building be necessary for the ongoing work of ministry and function of teaching, worship and fellowship? And then if this is the case, wouldn't that building need to reflect the Kingdom Culture, i.e. excellence (not gaudiness)?
Do buildings really get in the way or do they or should they seek to just as you said about committee's, facilitate the work of ministry and represent our love for God?

2009-07-15T18:16:46.559-04:00

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Love it. Thats why we planted our church. ( www.im...

2009-07-15T16:52:29.733-04:00

Love it. Thats why we planted our church. ( www.imconnected.org )Our God is Creative! Traditions/habits/comfort gets us locked into thinking there is A way to worship God. Its so funny to me when people say "Worship was awesome today. The teaching was good, but the Worship was awesome!" We compartmentalize everything. There are so many creative ways to worship God. By unlocking the creative (and ruffling the feathers of those who are stuck in habit) you open up the doors to allow people to use gifts that don't normally fit in the traditional church to serve God. To reach the lost, my generation (20s and younger) you need to not water down God, but you need to present the message in a way that speaks to them.

Have you ever considered planting a church?