We know, in an emerging culture, people are less institutional-oriented and more relational-oriented. They are more interactive and more engaging. So what can your church do to enhance this?

I’m working with a church today that has a nice sanctuary that has been historically set up with chairs, but in more of a classroom-type of setup. A few weeks ago, someone got the idea to bring the altar down into the middle and move the chairs around and put them in groups, like pods. The pastor even joked about it by calling it an i-pod, a-pod, tri-pod, etc. What we heard from some of the younger members of the church was this: it seemed more interactive, more engaging. This is something new: even the arrangement of the church furniture in worship can improve the interactive atmosphere and help post-modern, young adults feel more at home.