Tabernacle Church
In case your interested, Ken Dean did a great article on emerging churches in an e-zine called The Church Report. Here's a link to the article.
http://www.thechurchreport.com/content/view/423/32/
Here's an Excerpt:
Pastor Mark Batterson founded National Community Church in the movie theatre at Union Station in Washington, DC, and after filling multiple services, moved "up the tracks" on the transit system to Ballston Mall and started an additional venue in the movie theatre there. He says, "Our strategy is to be in the middle of the marketplace, to take the church where the people are instead of trying to get them to come to us." Batterson describes their macro vision as trying to be part of a movement instead of single location. "The Temple was a place where people went to meet with God, but the Tabernacle was a meeting place that followed God. It was the first mobile church. When the cloud moved so did the Tabernacle and National is more of a Tabernacle model."
Other churches like The Next Level in Denver, CO, are another exception to the typical post-boomer gathering of believers. At their Tuesday night normal meeting time, approximately 1500 mostly young people gather in rented or shared facilities that have changed over time. Once meeting in a warehouse, they now use the facilities of Denver First Church of the Nazarene on Tuesday nights. They eye also have an additional meeting called "The Core Gathering" on Sunday nights, using the facilities of Greenwood Community Church.
David Sherwood, lead pastor of Mosaic in Fort Worth, TX, describes his ideal facility dream as "finding an old, cool-looking Episcopal Church that we could renovate and turn into a Rave." Sherwood also says many of his contemporaries expect future changes in our country that will affect the old church models. Many younger church leaders believe the tax advantages given to churches will go away and, "We know we are going to have to have a better business model with facilities that are used by the community seven days a week. We will build community centers with church people as the board of directors."
Interestingly, National Community Church has purchased an old building on Capitol Hill and is renovating it into a first class coffee house with offices on the second floor and a caféstyle large meeting area in the basement. The only building they currently own is a "Third Place" where they will serve coffee and connection space in the hub of our nation’s capital.
http://www.thechurchreport.com/content/view/423/32/
Here's an Excerpt:
Pastor Mark Batterson founded National Community Church in the movie theatre at Union Station in Washington, DC, and after filling multiple services, moved "up the tracks" on the transit system to Ballston Mall and started an additional venue in the movie theatre there. He says, "Our strategy is to be in the middle of the marketplace, to take the church where the people are instead of trying to get them to come to us." Batterson describes their macro vision as trying to be part of a movement instead of single location. "The Temple was a place where people went to meet with God, but the Tabernacle was a meeting place that followed God. It was the first mobile church. When the cloud moved so did the Tabernacle and National is more of a Tabernacle model."
Other churches like The Next Level in Denver, CO, are another exception to the typical post-boomer gathering of believers. At their Tuesday night normal meeting time, approximately 1500 mostly young people gather in rented or shared facilities that have changed over time. Once meeting in a warehouse, they now use the facilities of Denver First Church of the Nazarene on Tuesday nights. They eye also have an additional meeting called "The Core Gathering" on Sunday nights, using the facilities of Greenwood Community Church.
David Sherwood, lead pastor of Mosaic in Fort Worth, TX, describes his ideal facility dream as "finding an old, cool-looking Episcopal Church that we could renovate and turn into a Rave." Sherwood also says many of his contemporaries expect future changes in our country that will affect the old church models. Many younger church leaders believe the tax advantages given to churches will go away and, "We know we are going to have to have a better business model with facilities that are used by the community seven days a week. We will build community centers with church people as the board of directors."
Interestingly, National Community Church has purchased an old building on Capitol Hill and is renovating it into a first class coffee house with offices on the second floor and a caféstyle large meeting area in the basement. The only building they currently own is a "Third Place" where they will serve coffee and connection space in the hub of our nation’s capital.
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