It should be understood that good planning does more than simply meet the need for increased capacity. Proper planning takes a long-term look at where God is leading you and where you may grow over time. Many churches that have not thought through their future sufficiently will find their expansion inadequate shortly after beginning to […]

Some general Rules of Thumb having to do with Growth Planning are as follows: 
 

When a Worship Center is 80% full it is “full.” A new service should be added or capacity increased. Work with the rule of doubling worship capacity for growth. For example, if your present facility seats 250 a new or expanded facility […]

Let me start with a definition of what rendering is.
“..a representation of a building, interior, etc., executed in perspective and usually done for purposes of presentation.”
To further expand this definition in my own words I would add that digital rendering (and this is the kind I’ll be talking about) is the one generated with the […]

Yesterday, we examined Trend 1: Youth Facilties from 7 Biggest Trends for Churches by Church Business.  Today, we’ll be looking at Trend 2:
Multifunction, Multipurpose, Multi-Venue, Multi-Site
Victor Erwin says:
The satellite church revolution will become a viable option.  [Pastor] Ed Young’s comments are right on the money: You don’t have to spend a lot of money on these venues, but […]

There are numerous items which can affect a church’s real capacity, but the most common limiter is parking. The current national average of parking spaces needed for an evangelical church is one space for every 2.2 seats in the Worship Center. As Rick Warren says, “Americans love their cars and bring them to church.” Years […]