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Don’t Complain About Your Church Building
The next time you are feeling like complaining that your church building is too small, too crowded, too cold, too dark, or that the building is preventing you from growing, think about this picture. This is a picture of an unregistered Baptist congregation that met in the forest for 10 years because they were not […]
Should Your Church Build In These Times Of Economic Uncertainty?
I am hearing this question a lot these days, “Should our church build given the economic situation?” While a specific church situation may otherwise dictate, I believe that the general answer is that it should, if certain conditions are true. Here’s my premise. God is bigger than any economic crisis. He’s bigger than Fannie Mae, […]
Tips on Selecting a Church Architect
If you are looking for a church architect, here are some tips that you will want to keep in mind that will help you get the right architect for your church building program. First and foremost is that there is a difference between an architect that has designed some churches, and a church architect. Designing […]
Contracting for Church Design & Construction
Which Way is the Right Way? There are a myriad of ways for a church to contract for the design and construction of a new church. Today, many churches are built by what has become traditionally known as the design-bid-build method. This is the conventional general contractor approach, where the church hires an architect to […]
Church Building Plans – The New Paradigm
I am really exited over the relationships we have built with a number of church builders and architects. However, the relationships I am the most stoked over today are those with 3 forward looking architectural firms (who all have a heart for the church) that I believe are driving a paradigm shift in how many […]
The Worst Way to Design & Build a Church
I have seen a number of articles recently that echo what I have been saying all along, that the “traditional” Design/Bid/Build (DBB) model is not the way to build churches. In DBB, the church hires an architect to design a building. That design is then put out to bid to a number of contractors. The […]
Financial Considerations for When to Build
A popular theory with some in the church is that the church should wait to build until it has raised most, or all of the cash for building. This can be a good strategy if the church is forward thinking enough to begin to accumulate cash well before it needs to build, but may be […]
The Biggest Mistake in Church Design
As I look back over the years and hundreds of church building stories I’ve heard, by far the single biggest mistake made by churches in the design process is the failure to have a firm and reasonable budget at the front-end of the design process. This is a joint failure on the part of the […]
Church Building Guide
Need a guide to church construction? I’ve put up a new web site dedicated to my book, Preparing to Build. Here’s the official description, Written by an experienced church building consultant, Preparing to Build is over 170 pages of real-world, practical information that will equip your leaders and church building committee to properly prepare for, […]
Church Capital Campaign: The Biblical Basis
I occasionally run across folks that think that a church capital campaign for a building program is a bad idea. Some have even called it unscriptural, but in in my opinion, its just the opposite. Perhaps people get caught up in the terminology, but a capital campaign is really just a name for designated offering […]
