In an expensive city, “meeting space” is one of the greatest tests to the fidelity of a pastor’s vision. Where you gather shapes how you gather, what you can sustain, and how your people think about stewardship, stability, and mission. And when a church doesn’t own its space, it lives with a constant paradox: the freedom of being nimble next to the vulnerability of being temporary. Today’s episode is about that pressure—how to steward God’s resources wisely—and how to keep the mission central when the ground keeps shifting underneath you—how do we think biblically about buildings without making buildings the goal.
Our guest is Mike Reneau, a church planting pastor who’s been in Boston since 2020. Mike and his team began with a small core and initially rented a beautiful, affordable church space downtown with room to grow—until they were asked to leave by the owners because of their position on the King James Bible, forcing them to start fresh. Since then, the work has adapted, relocating to Newton, Massachusetts, where the context is more family-centric and the ministry rhythms have had to mature. In our conversation, Mike shares what he’s learned about stewardship, urban ministry realities, ownership versus renting, and how a church can stay light on its feet without losing its footing.
What is The Postscript Show?
The Postscript is a podcast and YouTube series that invites believers into in-depth theological and ministry conversations with pastors, Bible scholars, missionaries, and professors from the Living Faith Bible Institute.
Living Faith Bible Institute (LFBI) serves as an advanced equipping arm of like-minded churches whose mission is to mold every member into the image of Christ and mobilize them to minister the Word of God to the world. To this end, LFBI utilizes experienced pastoral leaders to equip men and women of the church to function as shepherds of God’s people through a structured curriculum that is centered on the Word of God. Our goal is to offer, at a reasonable cost, a practical study that develops biblical leadership in an environment conducive to learning to live God’s Word.