FAQS

As the Executive Team has prayed and processed how God is working here, several good questions have come up that we want to address. In fact, early on, we invited the staff to submit their questions and we devoted a whole staff meeting to addressing those questions. Here are some of the questions they asked and that you probably have as well.

1. Is Fellowship Greenville expanding to become a “campus” style church or a “multi-site” church like so many other churches?

No, not exactly. When you think about it, we’re already a “multi-site” church since we do not all meet in one single, auditorium. Expanding to the Adams Mill location is the way we believe we can keep a smaller church environment while creating space for the growth God is causing here.

2. Will the new location operate independently from us?

No. In the beginning, Adams Mill will be a Sunday morning venue only—worship, children, Middle School. All the other ministries of the church will continue to operate at this location. Initially, we will staff Adams Mill with our staff and volunteers. It will operate as a mirror image of what happens here.

3. Why are we pursuing property that’s just 6 miles down the road? Why not in some other area of Greenville?

Great question! The 5-mile radius area around our church continues to be among the fastest growing areas of the state. From 2000 to 2015, this area has grown by 59% and in the last eight years the growth has been just over 9%. Why would we go to some other area of Greenville if the largest are of population growth is right here in our own backyard? Currently over 1100 people drive past Adams Mill to attend at our current location. By going just 6 miles down the road, our ask will be that 400-500 people will attend at Adams Mill, giving it the opportunity to grow to a two-service format and it creates space for more people to attend here.

4. How will we pay for all this?

Financing will be combined with a capital campaign that will ask the church to make a three-year year financial commitment over and above our current offerings to the ministry of this church. The bank will loan us money against the pledges of our capital campaign. This is the way we’ve done the other three expansions here since 1996. And God has enabled us to do effective, fruitful ministry in this way.