At Easter 1974 we inaugurated our church building, which has become a place of blessing for thousands in Europe and from all over the world. It is not a cathedral, has more similarity with the stall of Bethlehem rather than with a sacred domed building. In view of the near return of Christ we just wanted a place to assemble, where not the visible impression counts, but rather the inside of the believers, who make up the spiritual temple of God wherein the LORD should find pleasure, as it is written, “... For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” (2 Cor. 6: 16).

In the middle of the seventies the brethren in the USA and Canada within the ranks of the end-time message believers were emphasising the year 1977 to be the end. Again it was the faithful LORD, Who at the right time spoke directly from heaven, because nobody can know the time or the hour of His coming. It was a nice September day in 1975, the evening shadows had begun to fall. 1 came around the backside of the church, as suddenly the commanding voice, which every time comes from above and from the right, spoke again to me. At the first word I stopped in reverence, as 1 was told, “MY SERVANT, GO UNTO THE NEIGHBOURING PROPERTY AND DEDICATE THE LAND ADJACENT TO THIS TO ME, FOR YOU MUST PREPARE DORMITORIES. PEOPLE WHO WILL COME FROM ALL NATIONS NEED ACCOMMODATION...” I promptly turned around, went through the small gate, which leads to the shopping center, right to the neighbouring property, knelt down in the brushwood and dedicated it to the LORD. Soon the first building was being built on the property now measuring about 10,000 square metres - one hectare.

As the first building was almost finished, Brother Schmidt came along just saying, pointing to it, Brother Frank, one house is not enough for half of the guests who will come.- This utterance seemed to fall deep into my heart and I pondered on it. Just a few days later, I opened my Bible one morning and my eyes fell on the passage in 2 Chr. 14, where it says, “So they built and prospered.” (v. 7b). In the German Bible it states this in the plural, “And they put up the buildings...” I read the text again while kneeling and I knew very definitely that the LORD wanted to speak to me. This time not with an audible voice, but within my heart it said, “Put up two equal buildings!” And so it happened. By faith and the help of the brethren, we put up the two missionary buildings in 1977 and 1978. At the beginning of the nineties we could also construct our publishing house and print shop. We can accommodate up to 300 guests and in the dining room we can serve 400 people at one time. The mission work spread, accompanied by the visible blessings of the Almighty. Never has anyone heard that money was mentioned. All guests stay for free, they do not pay for meals or for their stay. Also all literature in the many languages, all books, all audio and video cassettes are sent out free of charge into the whole world.