Featured Do we sell or we keep the bldg

A 200 seat building for $5k?
Right now a good backyard storage building costs about that much. I gotta be missing something.

 

10 people? Reserve a private room in a restaurant and enjoy fellowship. Sell the building to help pay for coffee and donuts.

Truthfully, with 10 people you all could just merge into a different church and find much greater fellowship. Let go of the grip of tradition that once lived in the current building. God isn't found in a pile of bricks and wooden frames. Time to move onward and upward.

My 2 cents...

 

With the price of wood, you could tear down the building and resell the wood for more than $5K.

 

I don't know. It just seems like you would be giving it away at 5k.
You could join SBC and get church plant/revitalization assistance. Each state and association is different, but our association shells out some serious help. They also give you help growing the church.

 

I grew up in the Toolies. Closest church was 35 miles away. We went to church.
With 10 people, my guess is anyone's house is big enough to accommodate 10 people.
Generally a congregation that size points to an old congregation with most members dying off or moving away. Get the $5K and enjoy house church. I can't imagine Covid is the only health concern in your congregation.
I know that letting go of a cherished memory is really hard for people, but Corrie TenBoom tells us "I learned to hold things lightly, that way my hands didn't hurt so bad when God tore them from my grip."
Salty, it's time to let the old building go.

 

How much land?

rural?

city?

suburbs?


What is similar land going for there?

 

We rented a YMCA for a while

what about sharing a bldg w another church?

 

You should definitely press your local and state association for revitalization/ plant assistance. I have never known anyone get turned down, but we are in Ga, the heartland of SBC.

 

The good thing is that God is Sovereign and will decide this issue for you. Be at peace.

 

Maybe. We have a church in West Virginia that we work with. It has grown to a pretty good sized church, but still has huge financial obstacles. If you pm me some details I will talk to some folks at church and send it to our association. Association wide we help a couple of different out of state churches per year.

 

You need a good exit strategy.

You need to talk to the members and ask them…

—If we sell the building, what other options are available?
—What can we get with the funds in our treasury?
—Do we really want to sell and move?


Questions like that. I hear what you’re typing and believe the building could be better, but you’ve been blessed to have services there…minus the COVID times…for a while. It may not be much…per what you typed…but it’s bought and paid for.

 

Pray and I’ll pray for and with you.