45 Small City Housing • Feature • Connection to maintain, much less grow, the congregation. She’s desperate… attempting anything. She spends more time fixing the building than she does pastoring. She does not want to fail. She’s having a crisis of faith. Leading a church no longer satisfies her heart. But she can’t walk away… her congregation (all 12 members) rely on her. What types of building maintenance are unique to old churches? What reasons do pastors have for not changing even when the writing is on the crumbling wall? Samuel (50’s, male) He has lived in a fancy house next door to the church for over 20 years. Because of rent control, he’s been able to save a significant amount of money over the years and through wise investments, he finds himself with a lot of money. Unfortunately, the owners of the house are moving back in and he needs to find a new place to live. He is a New Age Astrologer and is working hard to manifest the church into being his personal home because the “vortex vibes are strong”. He hates being told “no” and it usually makes him more determined to get his way. He will go to extremes to convert this church into his home. What are the renovation challenges of converting a sanctuary/church into housing? How do next door neighbors relate to churches that are in decline?
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