Rick Warren lists 10 action steps through the book of Acts to help church leaders ‘finish their race’
7. Return to using homes
“Number seven, we must return to using homes,” Warren advised, calling this the “fastest community growth movement of [the] Christian Church.” His own church, he said, grew 50% in a decade before it ever had a church building.
“We had no church buildings. I wanted to prove you don't have to have a church building to grow a church, so Saddleback went 13 years without a building. We had over 10,000 people coming every week before we built our first building. Don't tell me you have to have a building to grow a church. The fastest growth was through homes. We [need to] go back to that.”