WE NEED
New Buildings
rising for all to share
We want to create places for meaningful community.
One of the best ways we can love and bless our neighbors is by becoming a physical neighbor ourselves. Renting is impermanent and often makes us invisible to those who live nearby. We want to do more than descend into a neighborhood on Sundays to “use” space. We want to be rooted in the fabric of a neighborhood to share space—and be part of advancing the common good for generations to come. We envision an East Side home for our congregation to worship, mark milestones of weddings and funerals, and invite kids of all ages to learn about Jesus. But just as importantly, we envision a place for the city—for serving the poor, for welcoming neighbors into artist events, hosting bar mitzvahs, city council meetings, and more, so as to physically manifest what it looks like to be a “church not for ourselves.”
OUR GOALS:
Commit to making a real estate strategy part of Redeemer’s long-term vision to serve neighborhoods and rooted New Yorkers for generations to come
Pursue the establishment of a permanent East Side ministry home, seeking a space that is similar in size to W83, including a worship auditorium, classrooms, and gathering spaces
Seek to provide another base for Redeemer’s long-term commitment to church planting and leadership training
Increase neighborhood visibility as a means to bear gospel witness in tangible ways
TOTAL COST:
$45 million
OUR GOALS:
- Commit to making a real estate strategy par of Redeemer’s long-term vision to serve neighborhoods and rooted New Yorkers for generations to come
- Pursue the establishment of a permanent East Side ministry home, seeking a space that is similar in size to W83, including a worship auditorium, classrooms, and gathering spaces
- Seek to provide another base for Redeemer’s long-term commitment to church planting and leadership training
- Increase neighborhood visibility as a means to bear gospel witness in tangible ways
TOTAL COST:
$45 million
5 benefits of a building:
Provide a community asset:
Open our doors as an affordable public utility
for multi-purpose use.
Strengthen relationships:
Become more visible to rooted New Yorkers and
build relationships with people likewise committed
to seeking the long-term good of a particular
neighborhood.
Provide stability:
Renting carries risk–and losing rental space for a
large church would be destabilizing.
Be a good steward:
Over the long-term, owning is more
cost-effective than renting.
Serve as a ministry launch pad:
We need permanent buildings for training leaders
and equipping church planters that will multiply
ministry, mercy, and justice citywide.
Renting vs. Owning:
“If Redeemer is going to have a vision that goes into the next generation, we have to be strategic about real estate. When I look around my neighborhood and see a church, a hospital, a school—places that were here before I came and will be here after I leave—that helps me feel like I can stay. It provides a sense of permanence in a largely transient city. Rooting ourselves in a community is a tangible way to show both the body of Christ and the neighborhood, ‘We’re here to stay. We’re here to serve.’”
DAVID BISGROVE, Lead Pastor, West Side
“Through our W83 Ministry Center, we’ve learned a lot about what it takes to buy and develop a building, which enables us to have greater foresight in the future. We’ve hired Wells Hill Partners to advise us on the purchase and development of property on the Upper East Side, and we are forming a lay committee of experts to advise us. With a long-term horizon and dependence on God, we are excited to see what God has planned for a potential new home for Redeemer on the Upper East Side.”
BRIAN STANTON, Chief Financial Officer, Redeemer