Six Reasons Why Church Worship Centers Will Get Smaller

I am a product of the Baby Boomer big worship center era. For many of us old guys, the formula for building a worship center was straightforward. We would project the church’s growth many years out and build a worship center to accommodate that growth in a single service.

Those days are ending.

The more common approach today is to build a worship center that will accommodate growth with multiple services, multiple venues, and multiple campuses. As a consequence, there will be no need for a large, single-service facility.

How did this change take place? Let’s look at six key reasons. Keep reading

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Worship centers are going to get smaller and more multi-purpose. At the same time they are no longer going to serve as wedding chapels and reception halls for wedding receptions.