When Buildings Help and Hinder Mission // Jon Broome

Is our church building project serving the mission - or have we made it the mission?

Church property can be a powerful servant of mission - or a costly distraction.

In this seminar, Jon Broome (Cuckfield Baptist Church, West Sussex, and Kingdom Bank) helps us to explore how property can point to Christ and become a flexible space that supports mission. Or, how it can become a cage that overshadows the gospel.

This seminar was given at the 2025 FIEC Leaders' Conference held in Blackpool from 10-12 November 2025.

About the speakers: Jon Broome is a Chartered Surveyor and Property Advisor for Kingdom Bank, providing churches with financial solutions to support their ministry and mission.

About the Leaders' Conference: The title of the 2025 Leaders' Conference was Church Without Borders, exploring how we can serve God’s mission in a mobile world.

About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Find out more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fiec.org.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.