If you are opposed, don’t you think we can fill it?

Interesting question. Most of the arguments against doing church in the stadium (cost, chances of filling it) are at least common in type, if not scale, to doing a rally in a stadium.

I would say that the size of a church building needs to reflect the needs (and hence, size) of the church congregation, while the size of a rally building needs to reflect the needs (hence size) of the desired target audience, or at the very least the expected audience.

The targetted audience (ie, the whole central coast) will always be bigger than the church congregation, and so if we are attempting any form of mass evangelism [as is any form of pulpit preaching, IMO], it follows that the capacity of the venue ought to be larger.

Point taken that if we ‘trust God to fill the stadium’ for one event, it is inconsistant to say we can’t trust him to fill it every week. But perhaps this is how God will fill the church.

Logistically, it is much cheaper and easier to do one event there than 52 a year, and more likely that thousands will come for a one off, ‘celelbrity’ evangelist than for the every-day service.

there’s a plan to make sure, as far as able, that that doesn’t happen.

stay tuned.

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I read Billy Graham’s autobiography in the holidays, and it was really interesting how highly he valued prayer. He wouldn’t even do a crusade in a place unless the vast majority of churches there were supporting it and working together on it and actively praying for it.
I’m convinced that unless we pray, no-one will be saved.

Let’s pray!