Evidence that the drive for meaning is still alive and well in contemporary society is to be found in a number of current social movements (interestingly, some of these groups find it convenient to
use church facilities as their meeting place).
Like you I have a problem with the huge amounts of money that are spent on so
many church facilities and living in the area I have been shocked at the numbers associated with renovations and additions to the First Baptist Church in downtown Dallas.
The government's hostility towards church and relief organizations was particularly pronounced: In the period November 13 — December 14, there were 54 searches of 40
different church facilities and homes of church workers by Salvadoran military and security forces.
• Assist leaders and employees of the church in organizing various church programs and activities • Manage weekly church bulletins and newsletters • Keep the church calendar updated • Help members and external groups in using church facilities
The church facilities will be well used; the minister, as something of a social events coordinator and pop psychologist, may continue to draw a fair crowd on Sunday as he or she, almost at random, punctuates the sermon with references to Jesus as moral example.
Brown suddenly found himself on the verge of losing
his church facility housed on the campus of Southern California Baptist University.
Whatever the means, the subject must be brought into the open, where people can deal with it, rather than fear it: Clergy can also work to make
the church facilities architecturally accessible by installing wheelchair ramps as well as making bathrooms accessible to wheelchairs.
Last January, the congregation voted to sell the property to cover the costs of a $ 1.5 million expansion of
its church facilities.