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Originally Posted by jhrc4
I can see where you are coming from with your reply which is very good short to the point and makes sense.
But I still think that the saying Build it and they will come, certainly applies around here. If the person Preaching has a really good delivery, well spoken, gets the people going ...they will " Cough Up " and dig just that much deeper for a few extra $$.
Hey all the more power to them...it is a business after all.
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I don't think it is build it and they will come. It is kind of the same thing as a restaurant only different. You have to have the need for a building. You have to have the folks who want the building. There aren't people building buildings for churches and then renting them or selling them or trying to fill them up with "customers".
I grew up going to church. I don't recall any big emphasis on money. Sometimes congregations grow so large that they don't have enough space to sit down, kneel, stand up, do the things people do when they worship, so someone will start a a building fund to build a bigger space. I have observed this happening since we moved here to Fairway Christian, and Hope Lutheran and to St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic communties. I can't help but think that is a good thing, as we grow, more people move here and want to go to church.
We had a bunch of churches where I came from too. Your experience is different than mine. I have never felt that the emphasis was on money in my church experiences. Or that a lot of churches was a bad thing.