Wouldn’t it be cool to have an incredible fitness facility like Adam and Debbie have at Houston’s First Baptist Church? It’s incredible and incredibly big - and that’s a leap that even big churches often find prohibitive. Ask them. It takes space, budget and staffing. Lots of all three of those. But if that’s the reason why you’re church is not doing fitness ministry, that is not a good excuse. Now, certainly if God hasn’t called your church to do fitness ministry, then you shouldn’t do it. But you may very well discover that in fact, God wants to work through your church doing fitness in a variety of ways. AND HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS: small scale fitness studios or programming (fitness ministry) are absolutely huge in today’s culture. And, it absolutely takes minimal space, minimal budget, and minimal staffing. Want to learn more? Read: Can Your Church Be Boutique? Let’s connect directly and talk about how your church can on-ramp a beginning boutique fitness program before REACHgathering in San Antonio. https://faithandfitness.net/can-your-church-be-boutique/

Posted by Brad Bloom at 2026-01-17 13:58:00 UTC