Empty sacred spaces become white elephants

If the Mormon church is growing so rapidly as it claims, why doesn't it buy some of these old churches and renovate them instead of building new ones?

When I was a young missionary, we opened up a town in Texas for proselytizing. To start with, we met in our apartment for Sunday services and had 4-5 people attending. Later, we became a dependent branch and rented a small building and from those More..

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Old, liturgical structures are VERY expensive to renovate and maintain. Also, they often lack the classroom space and parking the church needs. They are very tough to re-utilize in any cost effective fashion.