The place where the church meets will be fairly irrelevant. The focus will be on growing to the point where they are able to send out apostles again, so they will not waste time building church buildings. They will meet in whatever is available. One church Paul started met beside a river. Jesus is present wherever is people are gathered, so a place to meet is a trivial issue. Sending out apostles and starting new churches is more important. An apostolic team will grab whatever meeting place they can find when they move to a new location. The church will often meet in the lounge of one of the elders when it first starts.

The apostolic team will form a Christian community, in which they share and care for each other. This will be a tremendous witness to the people who live around them. As households are converted, they will be drawn into this community. Seen from this perspective, becoming a Christian is becoming part of a community.

Most of the people in the church will own their own homes. However, the members of the apostolic team will often rent their houses, as they will want to be free to move on when the time is right.

In the map below, the church has grown. Several households have become Christian. Another pastor/teacher has been appointed to cope with the growth. Ideally one of the Christians in the new church will have been trained up to take this role. If there is no one ready, the apostolic team could send to the church that sent them for a suitable person. (Acts 11:25,26).

The Church is now probably getting too big for the lounge. If necessary, they will knock down a dividing wall to another room to make room for their meetings. Another possibility would be to meet in a garage. The yellow square below is a four-car garage. The owner put some carpet on the floor and spreads some cushions around to make it comfortable for a fellowship meeting.

The map below shows the church after it has grown quite large. It has been so successful that there are only a few homes left which are not Christian.

The large yellow square on the corner is the local café bar (or whatever building is available). Its owner has been converted. Many of his patrons have been converted and are not such good patrons. He is happy to use it for meetings of the Church.

The original apostolic team has been sent out to start a new church. They have not gone far; just a couple of blocks to the south. They will continue to provide some support to the sending church. A couple of members of the sending church, who live in the area where the Apostles have gone, will join them. A non-Christian family has moved into the house where the prophet lived, but that is not a problem. They will be in the ideal place to be converted.

New people have been appointed to serve as elders. They are members of the church have been discipled and prepared for this role. They take over the functions of those that have been sent out.