aaron from phx here for my not-even-monthly check in....

jeff raises good questions -- i think they are applicable in many places. here in phx, it seems, that the metroplex is so connected with freeways, etc., that 25 miles is like next door. i live about 20 miles from where my church meets on Sundays, but we meet for community groups all over the city; mine is about 5 miles from my house. weekly activities are regularly all over the city. while most of our church live on/near ASU campus, we have many driving from as much as a 50 mile radius.....

distance does create some challenges, but it also offers more opportunity to serve people in a wider area. i guess it depends on your motivation for living "away" from your church (although, if church is a verb, not a noun, then i live in the same house with my church, the same neighborhood, and the same city).....whatever.