Church Property Expansion Resources
Tools You and Your Team Need to Better Plan Your Project
Scott McLean and his team at CFS have created resources from leading successful church, nonprofit, and commercial development projects. Below we have linked the most common worksheets to help you get started.
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Luke 14:28
If your church has attained the following milestones, we will offer you a free consultation: 300 weekly attenders, 2 regular weekly services, $500K annual giving income, and 3 full-time staff persons. Book your call below.
Ask about our new Church Property Expansion Workbook, a comprehensive resource that provides you and your team with the critical steps and perspective to successfully plan and execute your church expansion project.
Terms of Use
We built the tools in this library from lessons learned executing many church property expansion projects. CFS provides these downloads specifically for growing churches and their leaders to use as internal strategy and planning tools. Please do not distribute or reprint without express permission from Church Facility Solutions.
For more insight and to obtain the best results from these resources, schedule a session with Scott McLean. Scheduling link below.
Church Property Expansion Rules of Thumb
Download this PDF first. It provides a concise overview of church property expansion key information and questions you will need to consider before starting your project.
Milestones to Purchase a Permanent Church Property
If you are currently leasing and desire to own, download this PDF next. This document shows the minimum performance milestones needed for your church to afford owning its church property including current # of services, weekly attendance, annual giving income, and staffing.
Affordability Worksheet
Before you begin planning your project, determine what your target is – how much your church can afford, how large the building will be, and how much future funding you’ll likely obtain (fund raising, new loan). This iterative excel spreadsheet requires knowledge of project costs and church financing, so it’s best to collaborate with Scott McLean.
Click to Download (Zipped MS Excel File)
Financial Management Worksheet
This robust financial model used for our projects contains multiple worksheets linked to the total project cost estimate. This iterative spreadsheet requires knowledge of property acquisition, soft, hard, financing and outfitting costs, so it’s best to collaborate with Scott McLean to ensure accuracy
Click to Download (Zipped MS Excel File)
Project Timeline Worksheet
This worksheet is a project timeline from a recent CFS project that you can overwrite for your specific project. Having a church experienced developer will assure its accuracy.
Click to Download (Zipped MS Word Doc)
Space Requirements Worksheet
This worksheet helps plan the rooms (sanctuary, lobby, classrooms, offices) and room sizes for a typical fully functioning church facility then estimates the gross square footage for the building you desire to acquire or construct.
Click to Download (Zipped MS Excel File)
Visioning Questionnaire
This questionnaire seeks historical and current data about your church including its mission, staffing, key leaders, expansion vision, existing real estate, financials, attendance, # services, community outreach, etc. This information is the basis and data needed for all future expansion project planning.
Click to Download (Zipped MS Word Doc)
Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment Worksheet
This worksheet identifies every item you’ll need to completely outfit your new building and to estimate the future acquisition costs.
Click to Download (Zipped MS Excel File)
Church Income Projections Worksheet
Initially, the project size and affordability were estimated above. But as the scope of your project takes shape, this elaborate church financial operating model drills way down into historical revenue & expenses, predicts future operating budgets (personnel, operations, facility), predicts the amount of debt the church can afford and creates a future debt payoff plan. This iterative excel spreadsheet requires knowledge of church financing and healthy church financial operations. You may wish to collaborate with Scott McLean to successfully complete this invaluable tool.
Click to Download (Zipped MS Excel File)
Property Operating Expenses Worksheet
This worksheet will estimate future property operating expenses for your new church facility including maintenance, insurance, utilities, janitorial, and replacement reserves to name a few.
Click to Download (Zipped MS Excel File)
Schedule an Online Meeting
For CFS clients: Please call CFS at 800-200-2089 or email Scott at to schedule a longer personal or team consulting session.
For New clients: If your church has attained the following milestones, we will offer you a free consultation: 300 weekly attenders, 2 regular weekly services, $500K annual giving income, and 3 full-time staff persons.