my dad was a church planter in australia when i was growing up and our church met in a seventh day adventist church on sundays because they met on saturdays...it was the perfect situation for us. now there is another church plant there doing the same thing.

We planted a church more than three years ago and have met exclusively on Sunday nights since then. We too rent out an empty church building and pay a miniscule rent, allowing us to be better stewards of our funds.

We just recently did the same for a congregation in our town. They were renting space in a school; we don't have an evening service; so they moved in with us. They operate completely independently of us. It's helping them reduce their costs, eliminates their setup and packup time, and it "costs" us virtually nothing. Now we're talking to another group...a spanish - language startup - about how we can help them by hosting their services as well. These arrangements provide more opportunities and options for surrounding community to worship, and that's a good thing. Our belief is that God gave us this facility - it should be used any and every possible way we can think of to further His Kingdom.

We have met for several months with out launch in another church that isn't using their space on a Sunday night rent free. It's really being BIG C minded. They have helped us in a HUGE way get started by offering their facilities to us

Is a building really only a building? Or does a building have a symbolic meaning whether we realize it or not? I am not disagreeing with Uprising Church using another churches space. Maybe church design morphs into something that allows these possibilities. I am merely responding to the comment "a building is only a building." They are more than just buildings. Whether you go to a concert hall or a gas station, a building still has meaning and some sort of intrinsic value.