06/11/2026
Churches, should schools pay rent?
A Christian school was using church space, and the practical question came up: how should this work? Should they pay rent? Should there be a formal arrangement? Is this a tenant situation?
Fair questions.
But then another pastor said something that stuck.
We don’t charge the youth ministry rent.
We don’t charge the children’s ministry rent.
So if a school is helping disciple children, support families, and carry out the mission of the church… why are we treating it like an outside renter?
That one question changed the way they saw it.
Because at some point, churches have to decide whether Christian education is just something they “support” from a distance, or something that belongs inside the mission.
Watch the full episode, “He Bought a Church… and Accidentally Launched a School,” on the HERO YouTube channel.