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The church is not a building but a people—but the church is a people who must gather. Thus, for a church to exist, it must have a location to gather in. And since meeting outdoors limits the gathering (weather, sound, distractions, etc.), this usually means some kind of building. More pragmatically, as many young church plants can testify, often the wider community won’t take you very seriously until you have a building to meet in.
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Marc Sims
Marc Sims (MDiv, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the teaching pastor at Quinault Baptist Church in Kennewick, Washington, where he lives with his wife and three sons. You can follow him on Facebook and Substack. He is currently writing a book with Baker Books on the topic of masculinity, sex, and virtue.
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