Our last post presented some considerations on cost for time and money when deciding whether to remodel or rebuild a church building. Land, utilities, construction, and equipment all factor into that decision, but they don’t make up a complete picture. Here are some other points worth thinking through before your church commits to a direction. Will You Sell, or [...]

Over our last several posts, we introduced the remodel or rebuild question, then walked through a case study of a church whose relocation came together with surprising ease: free land, funded phase-one construction, and a fast yes from leadership. Not every congregation is that fortunate. For most churches, the decision to relocate and build a new church building involves [...]

In our last post, we presented the question of whether church leaders should consider remodeling an existing church building or start anew. The honest answer is “it depends.” Every congregation's situation is different, and the right path usually comes down to land, budget, timeline, and vision. But before we get into the more complicated scenarios, here’s a case study [...]

Sometimes church leaders look around their current church building and ask a hard question: is it time to remodel, or is it time to rebuild? It’s a question we hear every so often, and there is no easy or simple answer. Every church's property and budget are different, and the right path for one congregation may be entirely wrong [...]

The topic of this article comes from one of the excellent questions that we have received from church leaders during The McKnight Group's i3 webinars. These free sessions cover many topics on the church design and church building process while giving participants the opportunity to get their questions answered. Recently, during our webinar on Epic Fails (and how to [...]