Frequently Asked Questions
Below are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions so far.
If you have other questions about the programme, please contact the Church Office.
If you have other questions about the programme, please contact the Church Office.
Answers to the following questions are available in the FAQs booklet.
These answers will also be available on the web shortly
These answers will also be available on the web shortly
The Church Fellowship and its Leaders
Why can’t we split the church into smaller congregations?
Isn’t the church people not buildings?
Shouldn’t we be spending our money on the church’s ministries not on buildings?
Couldn’t we give the money to mission and the poor instead of spending it on ourselves?
Should we be such a large church? Shouldn’t we be church-planting?
What will happen when Peter retires?
Isn’t the church people not buildings?
Shouldn’t we be spending our money on the church’s ministries not on buildings?
Couldn’t we give the money to mission and the poor instead of spending it on ourselves?
Should we be such a large church? Shouldn’t we be church-planting?
What will happen when Peter retires?
Our Requirements
Where are we looking to buy?
Why have we chosen 1000 seats for the auditorium?
What happens when we exceed 1000 people?
How big would the church building need to be?
How many car parking spaces do we need?
Why have we chosen 1000 seats for the auditorium?
What happens when we exceed 1000 people?
How big would the church building need to be?
How many car parking spaces do we need?
Time Scales
When do we need to move out of the School?
How long will it take to build a new Church building?
What will we do if we have not found or built a building by the end of our 18 months?
How long will it take to build a new Church building?
What will we do if we have not found or built a building by the end of our 18 months?
Buying, Building and Renting
Can we rent elsewhere?
Can we rent from the Bluecoat School Wollaton Park Campus again once it has built its building?
Where are we looking to buy?
Is a new building of our own going to be empty during the week?
Could we rent out space in our new building and earn money?
Can we rent from the Bluecoat School Wollaton Park Campus again once it has built its building?
Where are we looking to buy?
Is a new building of our own going to be empty during the week?
Could we rent out space in our new building and earn money?
Finance and Giving to the Building Fund
How much is it likely to cost?
How can we raise all this money?
Will the church need to take out a loan or mortgage if we can’t raise all the funds?
Who will know what I am giving?
What is tithing?
Where does the idea of tithing come from?
I really can’t afford it, there simply isn’t that much left over.
Encouragements from others
You speak of the new building needing sacrificial giving from us all. What is sacrificial giving?
How can we raise all this money?
Will the church need to take out a loan or mortgage if we can’t raise all the funds?
Who will know what I am giving?
What is tithing?
Where does the idea of tithing come from?
I really can’t afford it, there simply isn’t that much left over.
Encouragements from others
You speak of the new building needing sacrificial giving from us all. What is sacrificial giving?
Praying & Fasting
Praying and Worrying; Praying and Giving
What is fasting, what does fasting involve, and what does it accomplish?
What is fasting, what does fasting involve, and what does it accomplish?