Internet Monk with sad photos of a UM church in Gary.

(Demographic inevatiblities…yes. I’m a realist on that score because I’ve lived in the South, where church and parochial school construction can’t keep up with the demand. But it’s always a sad sight, nonetheless)

The comments are interesting, highlighting, as they might not so much in an RC discussion of this issue, questions regarding the perceived necessity for buildings, or at least rather ornate, substantial buildings, at all.