Comments on: How Much Money Is Required to Start A New Church? http://waynepark.com/2009/12/20/how-much-money-is-required-to-start-a-new-church/ WAYNEPARK.COM: meditations on faith | place | race Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wayne http://waynepark.com/2009/12/20/how-much-money-is-required-to-start-a-new-church/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Wayne Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:08:59 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1433#comment-733 john: thanx for stopping by. I really like the ethos of starting a church w/ a small group in a location. If I were to do it again that's the way. (hopefully the "small group" would number a bit larger). This "most expensive area" = NY? john: thanx for stopping by.
I really like the ethos of starting a church w/ a small group in a location. If I were to do it again that’s the way. (hopefully the “small group” would number a bit larger).

This “most expensive area” = NY?

]]> By: john http://waynepark.com/2009/12/20/how-much-money-is-required-to-start-a-new-church/comment-page-1/#comment-724 john Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:05:47 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1433#comment-724 I stumbled on your website and you have some very interesting things. I'm a church planter and I am on my third. We started with a few thousand dollars, if that, in probably in the most expensive area in the US. Like Jay says God does provide. Also our model allow for this. If the church allows a pastor to start a small group in another location, then in a year or so that new small group can be a church. I stumbled on your website and you have some very interesting things. I’m a church planter and I am on my third. We started with a few thousand dollars, if that, in probably in the most expensive area in the US. Like Jay says God does provide. Also our model allow for this. If the church allows a pastor to start a small group in another location, then in a year or so that new small group can be a church.

]]> By: Wayne http://waynepark.com/2009/12/20/how-much-money-is-required-to-start-a-new-church/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Wayne Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:11:56 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1433#comment-676 <a href="#comment-670" rel="nofollow">@Jay Johnson </a> I think you hit the mark Pastor Jay; there's something grassroots about it. Still; I'm wondering if there are any figures people might attach to it (at the risk of missing your well-put point) @Jay Johnson
I think you hit the mark Pastor Jay; there’s something grassroots about it. Still; I’m wondering if there are any figures people might attach to it (at the risk of missing your well-put point)

]]> By: Jay Johnson http://waynepark.com/2009/12/20/how-much-money-is-required-to-start-a-new-church/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Jay Johnson Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:20:01 +0000 http://waynepark.com/?p=1433#comment-670 Required or needed? I think the question should be, "What am I willing to risk to start a church?" I grew up with a grandfather who received no salary, and he and my grandmother used their income. He was a janitor, and she did housekeeping. They had a small storefront building where the heat sometimes worked in the winter, and it was an example of what hell might feel like in the summer. They provided toilet paper every week. He went to the dump and restored folding chairs that people threw out. Mama and I cleaned, and a piano and pulpit was donated to them from other churches. They also provided donuts and milk for the kids who had no breakfast before Sunday School, a comb, brush, ribbons, barretts, towel and washcloth for the kids whose parents sent them out without proper cleaning. The church grew in members. Adults followed the children, and God eventually provided funding. He was later called to another location where he was on salary, but had to go through similar community involvements in growing that congregation. Both churches survived after he left. This is a test of leadership, whether in business or in church work - if the shephard (CEO) leaves, will the flock scatter or continue in service. If the LORD calls one to start a church, money isn't the biggest consideration. There are many pastors today who are doing similar things. The currency of Heaven is faith and I believe obedience. The money will come. Required or needed? I think the question should be, “What am I willing to risk to start a church?”

I grew up with a grandfather who received no salary, and he and my grandmother used their income. He was a janitor, and she did housekeeping. They had a small storefront building where the heat sometimes worked in the winter, and it was an example of what hell might feel like in the summer.

They provided toilet paper every week. He went to the dump and restored folding chairs that people threw out. Mama and I cleaned, and a piano and pulpit was donated to them from other churches. They also provided donuts and milk for the kids who had no breakfast before Sunday School, a comb, brush, ribbons, barretts, towel and washcloth for the kids whose parents sent them out without proper cleaning. The church grew in members. Adults followed the children, and God eventually provided funding. He was later called to another location where he was on salary, but had to go through similar community involvements in growing that congregation.

Both churches survived after he left. This is a test of leadership, whether in business or in church work – if the shephard (CEO) leaves, will the flock scatter or continue in service.

If the LORD calls one to start a church, money isn’t the biggest consideration. There are many pastors today who are doing similar things. The currency of Heaven is faith and I believe obedience. The money will come.

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