Going from portable to permanent
Unfiltered: Real Church Planting Conversations
English - July 20, 2021 08:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture church planting lee stephenson danny parmelee church planting podcast church planting resources church planting training Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A key milestone for a church plant is the day it goes from a portable to a permanent location. But there are pitfalls to watch out for when considering signing a long-term lease or buying a building. What are they, and how can you avoid them?
0:40 Lee Stephenson introduces the topic and asks Danny Parmelee when he thinks a church planter is ready to sign a long-term lease or buy property.
1:47 Danny says church planters should plan to get a building from day one but not make it their goal.
3:27 It’s important to get counsel when you think you’re ready, but not from your launch team that is sick of setting up chairs.
4:01 Getting a building is not going to solve problems with leadership or attrition of people. "It’s actually just going to change and give you a new set of problems."
4:37 Often, pastors don’t calculate the actual cost of owning property.
5:35 Lee’s biggest recommendation to pastors is unless they have a lot of experience in real estate to find an expert in that area.
6:50 Danny says church planters should have a savings plan/emergency fund built into their budget from Day One.
7:52 Danny says as you’re networking in the community, talk with real estate agents and let them know that someday you hope to get in a building. "If you ever see something that you think might work for us, let us know."
9:38 Lee talks about how he prayed for a building for his church plant in Arizona, and God answered his prayer.
11:00 Danny discusses why a commercial real estate attorney is worth the cost.
12:41 Danny talks about how the Converge Cornerstone Fund helped his church buy its first building.
13:14 Danny shares about his church doing a capital campaign to purchase its second building.
15:07 Danny says there are advantages to having the freedom to use a building without having to buy it.
16:24 Lee’s final advice: Trust the Lord that he’ll open the right doors at the right time, and he’ll also shut the doors that need to be shut, so don’t force something that’s not there.