Star Tribune Fri, 16 May 2008 04:47:57 GMT
Renovations reflect churches' changing roles
Congregations are getting away from large buildings that aren't used most of the week. ... "The megachurch concept in the suburbs certainly isn't anything new," said Kermit Mahlum, chief operating officer of Shepherd's Path, the label for the cluster of facilities being built with Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church at its core. "But I think this 'church campus' setting is a thing of the future," he said. "We've got 80 acres we're planning to develop -- and we're now looking at a major medical complex as well." ... "This campus is probably the closest thing that either Prior Lake or Savage have to a real 'community center,'" Mahlum said. Shakopee has one, but this will be brand new and state-of-the-art. "We even have a Starbucks," he said -- proof that churches aren't what they used to be.
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