For those familiar with the Missional Church movement, there is a great emphasis on NEIGHBOURHOOD ministry. It's about being present in the local neighbourhood and being a witness to those who live around you. This is why the concept of "house church" is so prevelent within such circles.
But what happens when (by the grace of God) those communities start to grow beyond the capacity of one's own home? Or, when the house congregation begins to crave something other, sacred, in order to worship our holy God?
I think no matter how missionally focused we can be, there will always be that unique need to worship God in a sacred space. This doesn't mean we can't worship God within the living room of our house church hosts, but there is something about having a designated space to claim as sanctuary.
Thus the term "Kingdom space." Perhaps it'll help any stale or critical views of the polished, stain-glassed, "no running in the" sanctuary images we might have in our minds. Because we all know that the location really doesn't matter when it comes to real worship. But we'd be pretty arrogant to assume that PLACE doesn't play a role in people's spiritual growing - otherwise there wouldn't be so many references in the First Testament about busing altars to designate the holy moments that occurred there.
