Archive for October, 2006

The strategic facility plan should always precede the establishment of the first phase of design, so that the Church will know how this phase will work together with future phases. Attempting to develop this plan alone is not a good idea. The church should retain an expert architect/planner that understands churches and the nature of […]

Pumpkin Parable

The other day I came across this story:                     
A lady recently being baptized was asked by a co-worked what it was like to be a Christian.  She replies, “It’s like being a pumpkin: God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off you may have gotten from the other pumpkins.  […]

Recently, WPH Architects for Ministry was interviewed by Your Church magazine to discuss what we see as up-and-coming trends in church facility development. So we thought it would be fitting to share this with you as well.
On several of our projects, we are seeing churches act as community leaders by initiating a mixed-use development. A […]