Home Ownership

The dream of home ownership is vanishing in America.  Foreclosures are still everywhere and the economy is still sputtering.

Along with the difficulty in owning a home comes a further difficulty in launching home churches.  It costs more to rent than own in many communities.  That means called families on marginal incomes often must choose smaller accommodations to afford the rent.

We need to place Christian families and help them own their own homes.  Then they can have greater latitude in opening those homes to groups that may one day become churches.

This is yet another need that can be grouped together with ministry challenges needing networking and solutions reached together.  The time is right to rescue some of these foreclosed homes, rehab them and then make them available to Christian families wanting to impact a neighborhood.  If that neighborhood is a bit transitional, all the more reason to have a called family in that house to help stabilize the community.  That’s especially the case if they are not alone in their efforts of bringing Christ to their neighbors.