This article is part 2 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. What’s the first thing someone sees as they enter the church, besides the parking lot – the entry, lobby, […]
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There are four main spaces to consider when creating a new church facility or expanding your current facility-your facility’s worship space, children’s ministry area, youth ministry space, and lobby. Underestimating any of any of these spaces will cause imbalance resulting in a facility that will under-perform its potential. For example, if there is not enough
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Must-Have Ministry Spaces — the Worship Center This article is part 1 of a 4 part 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. The focal point of all church facilities is the worship space. Whether
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Scattered among 4 industrial buildings in downtown Berthoud and with only 300 seats, GP desired to combine all its ministries (worship, kids, youth) under one roof with an expanded 1,000 seat auditorium. CFS created the strategic plan to accomplish this goal and then led the effort to acquire…
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University Hills Baptist Church was thriving in the 1980’s and needed a larger auditorium. In 1987, the church decided to expand and constructed a 1,100 seat auditorium, classrooms and office space; relying on abundant (and free) parking directly west at the largely unoccupied former University Hills Shopping Center.
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This worksheet was created by Chruch Facility Solutions, LLC (“CFS”) to lead your church through a preliminary planning process to estimate the financial “capacity” that your church current has. Your financial capacity defines the size and cost of the building that your church can afford to acquire. CFS serves its church clients by acquiring land
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This worksheet was created by Church Facility Solutions, LLC (“CFS”) to lead your church through a process to estimate your future building size. Once you know the size of the building that you will need, you can plan for the correct land area or site size and you can also estimate the cost to construct such a new building.
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Each of these 5 questions is part of Church Facility Solutions’ A-Z, holistic approach to resolve the unique real estate development needs of churches. We work with growing churches to clarify each answer and build the right facility for you.
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5 Reasons why not to allow your general contractor or your architect to manage the entire project. Architects and Contractors are not overall project managers. CFS only acts as an owner’s representative or third party project manager. CFS is not your architect looking to be your project manager. CFS is not your general contractor trying
A good project manager will save the project many times his cost to the project. It has been our experience that CFS save its clients more than the fees it will charge in direct and identifiable cost savings.
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Have you ever heard someone describe a particular land parcel could be purchased inexpensively? There is usually a good reason for that. You get what you pay for. Cheap land usually requires exorbitant cost to prepare it for vertical construction.
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The journey for expanding your church facility is a long road with many unforeseen turns and obstacles. Before you start to discern whether God is leading you to start planning, you should answer several questions.
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