I've been talking to some folks lately for some stories in the dead tree
edition of the next Insights mag. Stuff about how church property fits
in with mission strategies. I've been talking to people in areas with
lots of people (hundreds of thousands) and few or no church buildings
(and relatively few other resources apart from encouragement from HQ).
One bod today asked me what other folks had said, ie those with the
average 30 or less punters in their pews each Sunday, while around the
block there was another Uniting Church with the average 30 or less
punters in their pews each Sunday and across the park there was another
Uniting Church with the average 30 or less punters in their pews each
Sunday. How, I was asked, did the folk in those churches explain their
decision to use that property in such a way. Now I know presbyteries in
NSW have been asked to address similar questions. But I haven't recently
been in conversation with anyone holding tight to an empty brick
structure. Is it out respect for the past, or hope that one day the
punters will return? Is it just that at union there was no real union
and strategic united mission is impossible? Is anyone out there in such
a congregation? And prepared to go on the record? Offlist, but for the
mag ;-)
Stephen
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