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Church Buildings

Through God's grace and the efforts of national missionaries, new congregations are springing up across Asia. The need for church buildings is great. A building not only provides shelter but also makes believers less vulnerable to anti-Christians. A church in India can be built for as little as £5,500.

About Church Buildings

All of us rejoice and praise God when a new church is born in an unreached area. We pray that the number of believers will multiply and the church will become that "city set on a hill" that Jesus talked about in Matthew 5:14. And indeed, it is only a matter of time before such a new fellowship of believers becomes clearly visible to the community-and to their enemies. That is when they must move from a home into a larger, rented facility to accommodate all the church members and visitors.

Though a joyous occasion, it is often also the beginning of serious problems and persecution. Angered by the presence and activities of the church, anti-Christian individuals and groups will persecute the believers and threaten all those who associate with them such as visitors and seekers. In addition, they will put serious pressure on any present or future landlord until he cancels the lease.

This forces the church to move from one place to another until they run out of options.

For a pastor, building a solid work under such adverse circumstances is very difficult. Even if his congregation stays faithful, the situation is less than inviting for any potential visitors.

The greatest need for such a harassed church is to have a place of its own where believers can worship Jesus in peace and grow in their faith without constant interference. The very best thing is if growing congregations can build their own church homes and not have to rent at all.

Right now we have well over 1,000 churches that have reached this crossroad and are in desperate need of a building.

The average cost of a simple concrete and brick building that reflects the local culture and seats 300 people is £5500.

This sounds more than reasonable to us, but for many of these young churches on the Indian subcontinent it is a huge amount that goes far beyond their ability to raise on their own.

There is a solution to this problem, which our churches embrace with enthusiasm and eagerness: The believers donate materials and labour and go as far as they possibly can with the construction of their church home. At the same time they pray and believe that God will provide the funds for the land and the building's completion through their brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ.

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