Modern churches have consistently been planned to accommodate transportation based on the personal car. Church promoters have advised congregations to provide an abundance of parking spaces, as many as one space per two seats in the assembly. This has resulted in most new churches filling their properties with oceans of asphalt. I've blogged before about innovative transportation but things are ... Read More
Transportation / Master Planning / Church Site Development / Church Change
January 21, 2018 by: Ben Heimsath
For churches, radical transportation changes are realistically a long-term concern, However, as churches make long-term decisions, it is not too soon to think about the consequences of at least some of these trends. News out of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show is all about transportation. Self-driving cars are no longer experimental and dozens of companies are promoting alternatives to taxis, ... Read More
Somewhere along I-10 between West Texas and Arizona we came across this mobile chapel, a true truck-stop church. I was impressed with this resourceful solution, though I wondered just how worshipful it would feel inside a big rig. Sadly, it was late and the door was locked. But I did get a few ideas about what could be done to make something creative in such a constricted space. I hope someday ... Read More
Worship Space / Suddenly Sacred / Adaptive Re-use / Transportation