A Long Term View of Church Property

Change is constant. People move. Neighborhoods change. Suburbia sprawls and today’s farmland becomes tomorrow’s hottest suburban area for families. Downtown and industrial areas get redeveloped – often to appeal to young, upscale, professional demographics. And, the Church lags.

Historically, the Church has adapted by reacting to these phenomena, and much too often it reacts so slowly that it hampers itself and contributes to its own demise (manifested in additional dying churches) and puts itself in a situation where the best locations for new churches are prohibitively expensive, thereby creating additional hurdles to expansion or relocation.

Fidia is currently researching the possibility of setting up a national faith-based, not-for-profit organization to help address these issues and to secure property for the long-term benefit of the Church.

Traditional wisdom says “go where the need is.” We will help churches do that. But, as importantly, by taking a long-term view, we can “go where the need is going to be.” With proper financial and professional resources, significant opportunities exist to acquire property (via purchase and/or gift) and hold that property for future church locations. Of course, not all properties that are acquired or inherited will turn out to be appropriate for church locations. These may be swapped for desirable church locations or sold and the proceeds used to acquire more appropriate properties.

Learn more about this exciting new venture in upcoming Posts.