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The Nomadic Church: Growing Your Congregation Without Owning The Building
The Nomadic Church Growing Your Congregation Without Owning The Building Author:William M. Easum, Pete Theodore Across the country, churches are forgoing purchase of land and construction of buildings, choosing, instead to rent space and allocate their resources to mission and leadership development. These churches face a number of challenges (for example, putting up and tearing down equipment every time they meet; getting the word out, especially to visi... more »tors, on where the church will gather any given week; and negotiating for additional space).
The churches, however, face even more important opportunities (for example, it allows time to build the church as a community before building it with brick and mortar; it builds serious disciples by calling on members to sacrifice; and it frees funds to be used on mission rather than mortgages). Writing for the leaders of portable congregations, as well as those of more established churches who to learn from such churches, Easum and Theodore have provided the definitive guide to ministry in the nomadic church.« less