But that's a hundred million dollars.
It seems to me that the church could be built for a fifth of that, and the other eighty million dollars could feed some people after a disaster, teach people to read, support a mission, put something in someone's life that was not there before and pray for them whatever their god.
I like the Calvary's idea of satellite ministries in neighboring cities; I just think it should have been done long ago. Calvary has 15,000 regular attendees (there's no formal membership). Instead of making bigger churches, why not break them up to keep the community and accountability of a smaller fellowship, plus the the witness to different geographic sectors of the community.
I fear some churches with all these programs (swimming pools, gyms, restaurants, coffee shops) on their campuses are inhibiting members from ever having to interact with the community.