Friday, March 15, 2013

Case Study: Harvest Spring Lake, Michigan

Harvest Bible Chapel Spring Lake, MI
Senior Pastor: David Wisen

Pastor David spent most of his life as a property developer and business owner. He is experienced in real estate, acquisition, business management and also church leadership. David was an elder at Harvest West Olive, but he began to feel God calling him into full time ministry.

David stepped out by faith to plant Harvest Spring Lake in 2010. They started in a warehouse with 30,000 sf. The church spent 1.2 million dollars on a renovation. 

They had to fight the city for an occupancy permit. David made the case that the city already allowed public gatherings in industrial zones by permitting strip clubs to open! The city reluctantly approved the permit, and Harvest moved into their new home. Harvest Spring Lake grew rapidly from 200 to 350, and then from 350 to 700. They were already out of space!

Pics form Harvest Spring Lake's first building







As they began searching for a new building, they heard about a weird cult-church led by a man from Australia. This "church" promoted an all-faith religion, and decided to remove the 40 foot cross from the steeple to avoid offending people. Pastor David offered to take the cross and keep it from becoming scrap metal. The Australian guru ran the weird church into the ground and they had to leave the building. Harvest Spring Lake ended up purchasing the 60,000 sf building for 1.2 million dollars. They are currently finishing a 3 million dollar renovation. The new building has a 750 seat auditorium. Harvest plans to re-install the cross to the steeple on Good Friday at their dedication service.


 Check out a Fox News report on the cross controversy featuring Pastor David:






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