Creating a Building Campaign

In episode 28, Pastor Trent and Pastor Greg talk about leading a building campaign. At The Busy Pastor, we want you to be busy with the right things.

Show Notes

Story of Foothills Church

Foothills began in a school, setting up and tearing down for two years.
The building that serves as our campus was previously a family entertainment center filled with bowling alleys, arcade games and a go cart track.
We needed a space for the service. We hung lights, pipe and drape, chairs, and a stage.
We were using every available space, if it had walls we were using it.
As we grew, we needed to build out our kids space.
For us, it happened a little at a time.
Early on, we were building a campaign for the future.
There were three services: 8:30, 10, 11:30 services.

How do you cast vision for building campaigns?

Just like Nehemiah, it first starts with a burden, what is the problem you are needing to solve.
When you aren’t in a permanent facility, you are always looking for how you take your next step.
We wanted to create an environment that was appeasing.
You want to give your people a reason to do it and to do it now.
We do a one-year commitment for vision giving for the future.
You want to teach the Bible when pitching your vision for the future.
As you do this, you are enlisting help. You need a realtor, you need an architect that you can trust, and you need a bank that will give you some markers of how much you can borrow. After that, you narrow down to the budget you can afford.

Quotes

It’s not about coming to church, it’s about being the church.
Just like Nehemiah, it first starts with a burden, what is the problem you need to solve.
If you are going to be busy with the right things you step into another world when you talk about buildings and renovations.