This book may be the best investment you make in your entire church building program.
This book is a trivial investment that can save you time, effort, stress, and precious dollars in your church construction effort.
- 3rd edition – 200 pages, with numerous illustrations
- Forward by Dr. Paul Smith, Sr. Pastor Crosspoint Alliance Church
- 3 Appendices, including a readiness to build assessment
- Available in paperback or eBook form (Purchase)
- Free 53 Page Preview (Download pdf)
“Thanks for cutting through all of the baloney out there and getting to the point. I spent hours on the internet trying to get good unbiased information on building a church. When I was almost ready to give up, I happened upon a one-page document you had written of concise guidelines for building a church. I learned more in five minutes from that page than I had learned in the previous five hours. I ordered your book and got a real education in this whole process we are embarking on!” – M. Briney
Preparing to Build is a comprehensive church building guide that will help prepare your church for a building program.
As a book on church construction, it is a ‘must read’ for any church that is planning on building in the next few years.
Preparing to Build will help your church…
- Understand practical guidelines for church construction.
- Understand the proper steps in a church building program.
- Understand what the church can reasonably expect to borrow.
- Describe how to develop a preliminary church construction budget.
- Understand what to expect from a church capital campaign.
- Understand how to evaluate architects and builders.
- Understand various church financing options.
- Avoid common mistakes and pitfalls in church design & construction.
- Understand various methods of contracting for construction.
- Determine your readiness to build through the included assessment.
As a result, your church will…
- Know how to move forward with confidence.
- Save money in church design & construction.
- Reduce the amount of time & effort you will have to invest.
- Reduce the amount of stress and worry.
- Reduce the uncertainty of what to build and why.
- Properly equip your leadership and building or long-range planning committee.
- Be more satisfied with the outcome of the building program.
Topics Covered (partial list)
- The role of vision and mission in a church building program.
- Determining project feasibility.
- Ascertaining needs and separating them from wants.
- Financial preparedness.
- Financing church construction.
- Raising money to build – the church capital campaign.
- Things to consider when searching for a church architect.
- Church construction contracting methodologies.
- Church design & construction guidelines.
- Church construction contracting methodologies.
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