{"id":1003,"date":"2013-10-07T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2025-05-22T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T21:28:27","slug":"church-is-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-is-people.htm","title":{"rendered":"CHURCH FACILITIES:  Keep Flexible"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; font-size: 9pt;\"><em>To get the greatest benefit from this practicum, make sure you have read related training on the site. Click below to read about Body Life:<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 30px; font-size: 10pt;\"><center><a title=\"God's Design for the Church - Body Life\" href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/body-life.htm\">Church Leadership Basics: God&#8217;s Design for the Church<\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1005\" src=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/church-not-building.jpg\" alt=\"Church is People not the Building\" width=\"124\" height=\"80\" \/>So often we use terminology that equates the Church with the building where people meet to worship and learn of God. The true Church, however, is the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Greek Word: ekklesia &#8211; from ek, &#8220;out of&#8221; and klesis, &#8220;a calling&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8230; a gathering of people who are called out &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If we keep that distinction, we will find ourselves more flexible in regard to the building we call church.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will not become so rigid and protective of the facilities that people cannot use them. <span style=\"color: #515151;\"><strong>The church building is for the people<\/strong><\/span>, not to become a shrine or god unto itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We will not stifle ministry among the Body and with the community because we are unwilling to make changes to accommodate the possibilities. <strong><span style=\"color: #515151;\">The church facilities are for use<\/span><\/strong>, to accomplish ministry, not to be preserved as they are forever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We will not be so stuck in tradition and the way we&#8217;ve always arranged furnishings and designated rooms that we can&#8217;t rearrange to better promote fellowship and the meeting of people&#8217;s needs. <strong><span style=\"color: #515151;\">The church facilities are mere tools for ministry to and with people<\/span><\/strong>, not an end in themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We will not hold on so tightly if it becomes necessary to make changes or rebuild that we allow these issues to split the church. <strong><span style=\"color: #515151;\">The church building is a temporal structure<\/span><\/strong>, not what defines us or goes into eternity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inflexibility often comes in the church when we elevate something to a greater value than it deserves. When we understand that the Church is people and that people have a greater importance, we flex in regard to the church facilities. \u00a0We promote and emphasize Body life, fellowship, and the living out of the one another commands of Scripture, not the building or even the programs housed in it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; padding-top: 3px;\">This info is included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/steering-church-toward-body-life-leadership-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Steering the Church Toward Body Life Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a>. That resource also looks at the need to reflect and promote Body Life in twenty-four other areas for which leaders are responsible.<\/p>\n<p>For Resources on Body Life, Go to:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/body-life-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Body Life Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>All Posts about Facilities Management:<\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-facilities.htm\">CHURCH FACILITIES:  Keep Footing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-facilities-focus.htm\">CHURCH FACILITIES:  Keep Focus<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-is-people.htm\">CHURCH FACILITIES:  Keep Flexible<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-facilities-functional.htm\">CHURCH FACILITIES:  Keep Functional<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/free-from-consumerism.htm\">CHURCH FACILITIES: Keep Free from Consumerism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/free-from-comparisons.htm\">CHURCH FACILITIES: Keep Free from Comparisons<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/free-from-coercion.htm\">CHURCH FACILITIES: Keep Free from Coercion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/building-possibilities.htm\">Building Equals Increased Possibilities?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/building-testimony.htm\">Building Equals Increased Testimony?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/building-difference.htm\">Building Equals Making an Eternal Difference?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/building-reflect-name.htm\">Building Reflect the Glory of His Name?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/facilities-grace.htm\">Management of Facilities Requires Grace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/grace-affects-giving.htm\">Grace Affects Giving<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/attitudes-about-facilities.htm\">Grace Needed for Attitudes about Church Facilities<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/building-isnt-enough.htm\">The Building Isn&#8217;t Enough<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/spiritual-house.htm\">Spiritual versus Physical House of Worship<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/transforming-work-spirit.htm\">Transforming Work of the Spirit, Not the Building<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/house-of-prayer.htm\">A House of Prayer?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-truly-a-house-of-prayer.htm\">When a Church is Truly a House of Prayer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/building-projects-benefit.htm\">Building Projects Benefit from More than One Type of Leader<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/facilities-building-ministry.htm\">Facilities Management &#038; Building Maintenance a Ministry?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/building-reflect-newness-of-the-resurrection.htm\">Building Reflect the Newness of the Resurrection?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/building-reflect-keeping-of-gods-word.htm\">Building Reflect the Keeping of God&#8217;s Word?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/weirdness-surrounding-church-buildings.htm\">Weirdness Surrounding Church Buildings<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/leaders-shepherd-facilities-management.htm\">Leader&#8217;s Role as a Shepherd and Facilities Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/leader-qualities-facilities-management.htm\">Leader Qualities Matter Even in Facilities Management<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So often we use terminology that equates the Church with the building where people meet to worship and learn of God. 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