When your church decides to embark on a building project, hiring professional help is always a good idea Whether you're working with architects on church design, planning a stewardship campaign, or managing construction, the right professional team can make all the difference. But here's what some church leaders discover too late: not all professionals are equally qualified. Here are [...]

Occasionally, churches have made costly mistakes because they committed to a building project too quickly, before doing the proper due diligence. A great property, an exciting church design, or an eager building committee can make it tempting to move rapidly towards the construction of a church building. But starting before you have answered some key questions can turn a [...]

Here's another lesson some churches have learned the hard way: building a good relationship with local government is crucial. A church building project does not end when the ribbon is cut. Zoning boards, fire marshals, and city officials can stay part of the picture afterward, and how a church treats them along the way tends to follow it into [...]

Learning from a mistake is usually a good thing, unless that mistake costs a lot of money to make. Learning from someone else's mistake is far cheaper, so over the next few posts we will look at some mistakes made in past church building projects, so your church does not have to repeat them. First up: a church design [...]