No building, no problem…

One of the questions I get asked alot is, “when will Lifesong get its own building?”  The answer to that question is simple, when its Gods time, although it will be a while.  I love meeting in the movie theater, here are some reasons WHY…

• COST– Lifesong spends about 20% of our budget on facilities.  That is WAY below what most churches spend on a building.  Because our overhead is low it allows us to spend more money on MINISTRY.  Too many churches are strapped to a mortgage payment and other debt connected with a building that they are handicapped in their ability to impact their community.  Lifesong church is about building PEOPLE not BUILDINGS.
• Location– I believe that the theater is THE best place to meet in Griffin.  We could not afford to build anything nearly as nice as what we have now.  People know where the theater is, its easy and accessible to get to (for alot of churches that’s not the case).  We do all we can to make it easy for people to come and hear a dangerous message and our location is part of that.
• Enhances Ministry – I love the fact that most of Griffin has been to the location that our church meets without having been to a service (yet).  For many people, a church building is a barrier.  The theater is a neutral place for someone who has not been to church in a while to check things out.  Our job is to remove ANY distraction that might keep someone from hearing the Message and if a church building is a distraction we remove it.  I also love the fact that we are getting back to our Christian roots… the early church (read Acts) met in the marketplace, in a sense so are we.
• Redemptive Value – I know some people have made issue of that fact that we meet in a place that shows “R” rated movies (usually these folks wont come to a theater to watch – they rent them at Blockbuster 🙂 ).  We are redeeming a theater and using it for God’s glory.  How cool is that!
• Seats – We have the most comfortable seats of ANY church in town… they even have CUPHOLDERS so you can bring your freshly brewed Rwandan coffee with you!  We even have an ARCADE in the lobby… that’s AWESOME!

Whats YOUR favorite part about meeting in a theater?