Don’t ever agree to pay for any venue per use, when planting a church. Negotiate for a whole year, and offer between 40% and 50% of the cost per use, and then offer to pay it quarterly.
Ensure you talk with the topmost person that runs the place. Those at the reception can’t offer deals, that those at the top can
Do not rent halls “believing” offerings will tumble in to continue, it rarely does for a new church plant. 50% of start-up churches pack up due to inability to pay for expensive meeting halls, many have their start up equipment seized!
Get a medium sized hall that can hold anywhere between 30 and 50 people for starters. You can grow from there. Aggressively evangelize to fill that hall. Believing doesn’t pack halls, evangelism and invites do.
Going to rent a 500 seater hall, believing you will pack it out is unwise. The few people you get will feel very small and intimidated in a big hall.
Pastor Austin Oviawe
