"A Family of Churches!"

Financial Miracle

The “meta” church is definitely not just a new name for what we are already doing. It’s a brand new idea yet like the phrase “back to the future” it’s right out of the book of Acts. Any church that calls itself a Biblical church is most simply the family of God yet, to be very honest, for many reasons it is difficult to make it a real family.

Washington Cathedral, being a family of churches, will have the best of both worlds. Together, many “meta”congregations meeting in one facility, allows a 21st Century double-miracle. Each “meta” church will be small enough to be a real family yet together as a Cathedral we will become a potent force for God.

The Miracle of Multiple Use

Many “meta” congregations using one facility is instantly a financial miracle in what this formula will save every month in energy, repair and upkeep costs- - - think of the nightmare of the necessity of 5 times more parking spaces- - think of building 5 or 10 more sanctuaries.

Small churches, each with volunteer congregational pastors and God-called volunteer Deacons, will almostautomatically have the sense of ownership so that 90% of the janitorial, gardening, etc. can be joyously volunteered.

Now add a very small full-time staff that trains and guides each little church and the resulting savings are thousands of dollars each month. Suddenly we’ve overcome the fact that most churches sit empty and idle most of any given week. It’s just like 6 or 7 churches deciding to pour their income into one church which would allow financial needs to be met, debt to be paid off quickly, plus an almost embarrassing surplus that could be used to feed the 30,000people a day in the world who die of malnutrition.

Is this all too good to be true or is it too good not to be true? Well, watch it happen as Saturday Night Worshipbecomes “Boulder Creek Church”- - - a member of the Washington Cathedral family of churches.

Different But One

Most families will eventually consider themselves a member of a specific “meta” congregation! Yet, at the same time they will also feel a vital part of Washington Cathedral. American lifestyle now is so wonderfully diverse that the “Jones Family” would relate closest to Saturday Night “Boulder Creek Church”, but perhaps as often as once a month their changing calendar of events would find them comfortably worshipping in an early Sunday morning “meta” congregation.

It’s also exciting to realize that events like Christmas and Easter can become powerful ministries when backed by many “meta” congregations. Eventually, each “meta” congregation will have its own Sunday school, yet on the teen level absolutely fabulous programs could be provided by the strength of many little churches working together.