Strategy, Method, and Analysis for Church Leaders

Increasing Auditorium Seating Capacity

It was during a leadership team meeting that one of the best ideas I’d ever heard was suggested. Shortly after moving from a movie theater to our 19 acre site, into a building that was too small from the start, we were discussing our need to increase the seating capacity of the auditorium (multi-purpose space). [...]

The Challenge of Running Capital Campaigns

It first occurred to me in 2002 when we were in the beginning stages of raising the funds for land and a new building. In order to buy land and build a building you need to run a capital campaign to raise the funds. And, in order to run a capital campaign you need to [...]

Grand Opening!

This past Sunday a whole bunch of work came to fruition with the grand opening of our new building. Since October we’ve been engaged in a phase II construction project that added 34,000 square feet of space to our 19 acre campus. Pretty cool stuff! Take a look at this video from Sunday. Our Senior Pastor [...]

Church Building Programs – A Leap of Faith

It first occurred to me in 2002 when we were in the beginning stages of raising the funds for land and a new building. In order to buy land and build a building you need to run a capital campaign to raise the funds. And, in order to run a capital campaign you need to [...]

Rocky Mountain Christian Church – New Campus

One of the things I like most about traveling is the opportunity to visit other churches, learning something from every visit.  This past Sunday, while in Colorado, I had an opportunity to visit Rocky Mountain Christian Church's new Frederick campus.  Man!  What a nice place! I don't know if you've heard, but Rocky Mountain has [...]

Coffee Cart

When we first moved into our new building in July of 2006 we had an immediate problem with trying to run a Hospitality ministry.  Due to budget cuts and having to radically reduce the size of our building to get the project done for the money available, we couldn't build any space to even support [...]

Starting Construction

We've been engaged in our second building program (Leave A Legacy) for almost 2 years (since completing our first) and are only now actually almost ready to put a shovel in the ground. It is amazing to me how much effort goes into a building program!  From the early work on the plan in preparation [...]