People, Not Place
March 14th, 2009 by Adrianna Janovich
People, not place, make the church by Adriana Janovich Yakima Herald-Republic SELAH, Wash. — There's a new church in Selah. But don't look for another building with a steeple and a cross. When Harvest Community Church officially started earlier this month, it joined the growing ranks of churches without buildings of their own. At least three such churches have formed in the Yakima Valley in the past seven years, meeting for worship in high schools and other buildings. Sometimes called churches on wheels -- because they often store equipment in travel trailers during the week -- they are part of a nationwide trend. "It's not just happening here in Yakima," says John Schubert, senior pastor of Sun Valley Church, a portable church in East Valley. "There's literally thousands of churches in America doing this now."
