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O<\/strong>ut behind the\nsanctuary on the grounds of most churches in the snowy north there used to\nbe a long shed. Covered on the top and three sides, it was usually open on\nthe south side. That’s where church attenders stowed their horses and\nbuggies during the service.<\/p>\n\n

They started tearing down the sheds around 1915. I’ve read a lot of\nchurch histories, and many report how the space was needed for automobiles.\nI remember as a child seeing a few of the sheds used for storage, but the\nrecords say by the mid 1920s most were demolished.<\/p>\n\n

The horse shed gave way to the parking lot. But those same histories don’t\nreport the paving of the lots until the 1950s. You can imagine during the\nintervening 30 years the rainy Sundays when the old horse lot was a muddy\nmess.<\/p>\n\n

In our time, a lot of walls have come down. And we don’t yet know what\nto do with the space that has been created. And if the sheds are any lesson,\nit will be some time before we know what, if anything, will replace them.<\/p>\n\n

One nation, individual<\/strong>\nThe Berlin Wall was demolished in 1989, and eventually a divided nation was\nstitched together. The new Germany has made much progress, but reunification\nis an ongoing process. The new nation is not like either the former\nwestern-oriented republic or the eastern-dominated state. Germany today is\na very different and evolving entity.<\/p>\n\n

In our time many walls are falling, and the effects are felt in the church.\nTrade agreements are making allies of enemies. Travelers can cross the borders\nof some European Union countries without visas. Several nations, Germany\namong them, are debating sanctioning dual citizenship. Israel already has\nit. More and more we see ourselves as citizens of the world.<\/p>\n\n

Racial barriers are down, and interracial marriages are on the rise. Walls\naround ideologies are dropping, and people move easily between faiths and\ndenominations. Migration of second, third, and fourth, generation Catholics\ninto Protestant churches is increasing. So is the departure of Protestant\nChristians to non-Christian faiths. Institutional loyalty is dead.<\/p>\n\n

Rising from the debris of our lost values is the new value on the individual.\nThe “me” generation has given way to a “me” world. The question is, how will\nthe church, the ultimate “we” organization, adjust?<\/p>\n\n

United, rising<\/strong>\nPart of this individualism is classic adolescent rebellion. When we asked\nthe young lady who became our daughter-in-law what she liked about our son,\nshe replied, “He’s opposed to most of the things my father favors.”<\/p>\n\n

Likewise, a nation of individuals has arisen from rejection of the things\nthat united the generations who endured the depression and world wars:\nappreciation for conformity, commitment to a cause, and sacrifice for the\ngreater good.<\/p>\n\n

We once built community, especially in the first half of the twentieth century,\nthrough the sense of belonging. Clubs once popular—Lions, Kiwanis, Rotary—are\nstruggling because of decline in institutional loyalty. Even Sunday school,\nwhich operates in some sense on the club model, is in trouble.<\/p>\n\n

So, how do you build community?<\/p>\n\n

You use some means other than conformity to promote community. The easiest\nway to consolidate a group is to give them a new common enemy. A more\nscripturally sound way is to develop shared experiences in support of a common\ncause.<\/p>\n\n

People don’t want to belong to impersonal national organizations anymore.\nThey care about what happens in their hometowns and in their backyards. In\nthe future successful organizations will emphasize their local work. Habitat\nfor Humanity is a nationwide operation, but to the volunteer pounding a nail\ninto a door jamb, it’s about that house he’s building and that\nfamily who will be living in his neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n

Local churches, especially those with denominational ties, must learn to\nemphasize their local nature. People don’t join denominations. They\njoin local bodies of believers. Even global missions have local connections.\nDraw them for your congregation.<\/p>\n\n

Create opportunities for relationships. You may win your members to a new\nBible study on the promise of an excellent learning experience, but their\nlong-term motivation for attending will be the relationships they develop.\nMegachurches only survive because they encourage attenders to bond in small\ngroups. Smaller churches will thrive if, they learn to nurture relationships.<\/p>\n\n

Pastor and author Leith Anderson says in his church’s second construction\nproject, they doubled the width of the hallways. That’s where people\ngathered to talk. The architect called them “extravagant corridors,” but\nthe church wanted to make relationships easier.<\/p>\n\n

The customer’s right<\/strong>\nOne hundred years ago, most shoes were sold in pairs, identical pairs, left\nshoe and right shoe interchangable. Only after wearing them awhile did the\nshoes become molded to one foot or the other. Industrial improvements, driven\nby the consumers’ growing desire for comfort, forced manufacturers to\nadjust their product.<\/p>\n\n

The individualism of our time has given rise to consumerism, and the consumers\nare forcing change—even in the church.<\/p>\n\n

Every pastor knows the feeling of being “shopped.” Visitors to churches are\nquite open about comparing their experience to a mental checklist of\nexpectations. We asked new members of our congregation, “Why did you pick\nthis church?” Many said they liked the worship atmosphere or the services\navailable for their children. No one said, “Because I’m committed to\nthis denomination.” The comfort factor drives the church member just as it\ndoes the consumer.<\/p>\n\n

Retailers have discovered this. No longer are restrooms in the basement or\nbehind closed doors marked “employees only.” They are just inside the front\ndoor, where consumers want them. And they are large and luxurious just like\nconsumers want them.<\/p>\n\n

For churches, the lesson is about size and placement of restrooms, but much\nmore. Today childcare is not a privilege but an entitlement. So the church\nmust provide childcare at all church events.<\/p>\n\n

Today worshipers want to attend on their timetables, so multiple services\non multiple days are offered. The Saturday night service is as much for\nconvenience as anything.<\/p>\n\n

Today consumers have an entertainment orientation, and whether we like it\nor not, pastors must acknowledge the influence of those expectations.<\/p>\n\n

A church in my town promises visitors: “We won’t beat up on you, and\nwe won’t bore you.” They understand the mindset of the people they seek\nto reach. They have flourished without fanfare and without advertisement.<\/p>\n\n

The church of the future will take individuals and make of them communities,\ntake consumers and make of them servants—a little more intentionally than\nthe church of the past.<\/p>\n\n

Lyle Schaller<\/strong> is a church consultant living in Naperville, Illinois.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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