What Is i3?

“Ideas, Insights & Innovations for Designing and Building Your Church”

– all of which are required for church building and expansion in the ever-changing dynamic of growing the church community.

Whitewater Crossing Christian Church hosted the Fall i3 Seminar on October 28th, 2011 in their recently completed 800 seat worship facility – a relocation project in partnership with The McKnight Group.

Bruce Halfenberg, Facilities Director at Whitewater, led a tour of the 36,000+ square foot facility followed by a ministry and facility challenge by Senior Pastor David Vaughan. Pastor Vaughan shared his exciting story of growth, from 400 to 1100 since moving into the property 4 short years ago.

What Can the Church Do in Tough Economic Times?  Small Church, What Can We Do?  The Church Design Build Advantage.  Repurposing by Remodeling. These workshops held at i3 this Fall brought Insight on how to move ahead with church design and church construction in order to meet needs and heal hurts.

Mark Brooks, Founding Partner of The Charis Group brought relevant insight to us through years of experience as well as present day application of achieving financial success through spiritual growth and vision casting. Mark bought a rich background of ministry experience along with years of successfully helping Christian ministries raise funds for capital projects.  His desire to better personalize the engagement that each ministry receives from their stewardship partner led him to begin The Charis Group.  With creative “outside the box” thinking Mark has helped scores of ministries achieve maximum financial and spiritual results.

The McKnight Group Church Design Build i3 Seminars are held each Spring and Fall at churches who partnered with The McKnight Group and are successful reaching their community.  We congratulate the church at Whitewater Crossing for their tireless effort to introduce people to Jesus Christs!