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When people hear that we are starting a new church, the first question often asked is, “Where is your building?” This question is completely understandable. After all, the first step in opening a coffee shop, retail store or fitness club is to acquire and develop property. Only after the facility is in place and operational can they begin to develop a base of customers or members.
However a church is different because it is not fundamentally a building, an organization, or a provider of products or services. Rather, a church is fundamentally a community of people. Therefore the first step in starting a new church has nothing to do with acquiring property, or even organizing programs. The first step is to form a community.
We began the process of community formation and vision development in June of 2008. Since that time a growing and committed group of people has been functioning as a church body – learning how to follow Jesus together, providing mutual care and support, serving our community, and generally walking through and enjoying life with one another.
We will begin holding Sunday worship services on October 25, 2009 at Montclair Elementary School. Montclair School is a wonderful facility that should accommodate the needs of our new church community for the next few years. At some point in the future, the members of our church will probably decide that it makes sense to buy or build a facility. But our hope is that we will never think of the building as the church, but merely as a resource that helps the church to better serve our city.
