Old Church Venue and Alcohol

What are the venue's rules? If it was currently operated as a church then I would not drink on the property. However if it is no longer a house of worship then have at it.

Most church venues only have social rooms big enough for cake and punch but no dancing.

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They only require that we have a licensed bar tender and buy the additional insurance if people are going to be drinking and then leaving the venue. ( I totally agree, hoping my guest are responsible, but want to be safe) It is no longer a house of worship, I really want people to dance and unfortunately, lots of people need alcohol to feel comfortable.

We actually had the exact same type of venue. An old church turned into and event space. We had alcohol and honestly I didn't even think twice about it because it was no longer a functioning church.

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Thank you! I love the Lord and want to be respectful of his house, but I guess our bodies are more important than the space! I just didn't know if people would think this is taboo.

I think alcohol is absolutely appropriate in this venue. It may have originally functioned as a church, but it isn’t any longer.

No opinion really. I personally wouldnt have alcohol due to cutting down on costs

I would also want to be respectful, and it sounds super appropriate to me. It's nice of you to think that way though. Have fun!!

I would think serving alcohol would be totally fine! If the venue is a flipped church, I personally wouldn't feel like I was being disrespectful by drinking there!

If it no longer holds regular church service then I think it is OK.

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I agree with others. Since it's no longer a functioning church, I don't see the issue with it.

It’s no longer a church. It’s an event/wedding venue. I don’t see a problem with it.

If it’s a former Catholic church is has likely gone through a de-sanctification ceremony.
Many Protestant denominations usually don’t consider the building itself sacred - the people gathered together are the church, that sort of thing.
It’s kind of a gray area in the denominations that are close to the Catholic church - the “high church” ones like Anglican, Lutheran, etc.