Scott McLean

  It’s critical that you have enough parking spaces to accommodate your expanded church facility. Relying upon the municipal code is not practical. It won’t be enough. You need to plan the number of required parking spaces based upon your church building’s occupancy. Here is the way that we figure how may parking spaces you

Many pastors don’t want to ask their congregants to donate money for expanding or relocating their church facility.  Why is that?  Is it fear that your expansion vision will be challenged?  Is it a fear of weak support?  Is it a fear that your members will flee to another church? But actually, your congregants want

Over the past several years that we have been performing church expansion projects, we have observed various performance metrics that predict success. We have come to learn that for a church to successfully expand into a permanent, 24/7 facility for purchase, and to be able to raise the capital needed to acquire, renovate, and outfit

Red Rocks Church (“RRC”) is just 10 years old and recently broke through the 10,000 weekly attender threshold, and in one of the most un-churched cities in America. Wow. Praise the Lord! What have been their keys to success? According to Eric Parks, there are several reasons why RRC has succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

Nearly every church begins as a tenant leasing space—most doing portable church. With limited resources, leasing is the only option. The decision to purchase only becomes relevant should your church continue to grow and become more stable and more permanent. Then it might be time to settle down. It’s at this time that a church

Architects and Contractors play integral parts during the course of a new church facility project, but they are only equipped to handle a part or parts of the process and not the whole project.  Furthermore, it’s inherently impossible for either the Architect or Contractor to be completely unbiased.  For example, if the Architect is acting

Church Facility Solutions (CFS) helps churches create or re-purpose existing facilities for future ministry growth. Congratulations!  Your church is growing!  Now what? While this is a tremendous blessing, it can present some new challenges for your facility.  After all, you can only add so many services.  Redesigning and renovating your existing facility, if even possible,

Four Must-Have Spaces – Children’s Ministry Space This article is part 4 of 4 of a series focusing on the four main ministry spaces of a church facility. Church Facility Solutions (CFS) helps churches create or re-purpose existing facilities for future ministry growth. There are four main spaces to consider when creating a new church

This article is part 3 of 4 of a series focusing on the four main ministry spaces of a church facility. Church Facility Solutions (CFS) helps churches create or repurpose existing facilities for future ministry growth. There are four main spaces to consider when creating a new church facility or expanding your current facility —

You may have noticed that on the Community page of our web site, CFS has selected Denver Institute for Faith and Work (DIFW) as its current ministry of focus. Essentially, CFS financially supports the important work that DIFW is involved with bearing witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ in each of our places of