{"id":970,"date":"2013-09-30T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=970"},"modified":"2025-05-24T14:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:38:55","slug":"church-facilities-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-facilities-focus.htm","title":{"rendered":"CHURCH FACILITIES:  Keep Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 20px; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;\"><em>If you have not read the section of the site on Church Purpose, please do so now in order for this practicum to be most helpful to you. Click below:<\/em><br \/>\n<center><strong><a title=\"God's purpose for the Church\" href=\"http:\/\/TrainChurchLeaders.com\/church-purpose.htm\">Church Leadership Basics: God&#8217;s Purpose for the Church<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-986\" style=\"width: 124px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-986\" src=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/church-facilities.jpg\" alt=\"Building Merely a Tool\" width=\"124\" height=\"80\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Building a Tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When asked to identify the greatest commandment, Jesus responded that first and foremost we are to love God with all of who we are and second, to love our neighbor as ourselves (Matt. 22:36-40).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Our focus should therefore be to love God and love people.<br \/>\nChurch facilities are merely be a tool to help us do that.<\/p>\n<h2>If our focus is on LOVING GOD, then we will think about these issues in regard to our church facilities:<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"padding-top: 7px;\">\n<li>Are we honoring God? Does it showcase Him, not us? Are we keeping it attractive, not showy?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Are we being good stewards of what He has given us? Does it reflect His ownership, not ours? Are we keeping it efficient, not consuming of time, energy, and financial resources?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>IF our focus is on LOVING PEOPLE, then we will ask ourselves these questions in regard to our church facilities:<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"padding-top: 7px;\">\n<li>Does it communicate warmth and welcome to all?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Does it offer the safety and security needed in today&#8217;s world?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In addition to the content on this page the <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/steering-church-toward-gods-purposes-leadership-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Steering the Church Toward God&#8217;s Purposes Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a> provides some brief input about these sets of questions.<\/p>\n<p>For More on God\u2019s Purposes, Go To: <a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/church-purpose-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church Purpose 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 class=\"current\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-facilities-focus.htm\">CHURCH FACILITIES:  Keep Focus<\/a><\/li><li><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>When asked to identify the greatest commandment, Jesus responded that first and foremost we are to love God with all of who we are and second, to love our neighbor as ourselves (Matt. 22:36-40). 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