John Cissel, Mel McGowan, Visioneering Studios, urban planning
As our mission field is increasingly diverse and urban, the traditional suburban church building model of buying cheap farmland and developing out a campus has gone the way of the “Mall of Generica.”
Humans, made in God’s image and for his purposes, are hard-wired for community. However, today, the concept of community is being kidnapped from us.
Facilities, Mel McGowan, Physical space, Visioneering Studios
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In some ways, the current designs are less an emerging trend than the rediscovery of a “timeless truth” in that throughout the history of our species, sacred space was central to the physical space of community, from the tribal circle to temple courts to the great squares of Europe.
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