Church Foundations
Church Foundations
Articles about church architects and builders showcasing their worship facility construction and renovation projects. Also, identifying solutions for growing and strengthening ministries. Case studies of church construction.
Hope Fellowship Church
Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco, Texas, was in a season of strong growth. With multiple campuses already established and attendance on the rise, the church faced a key question: Should they plant a new location or reinvest in their original broadcast campus? They chose the latter. SPACE came alongside to help them make the
Grace Bible Church
In the fall of 1940, 36 people who were committed to the fundamentals of the Christian faith organized what is known today as Grace Bible Church in Nacogdoches, Texas. “Our church is 85 years old and has a special location right in the shadow of Stephen F. Austin State University,” Brent Bullard, lead pastor. “We
Trinity Dallas
Trinity Dallas originated as a church plant in a northern suburb of Dallas in 1995 and has experienced the remarkable transformation of its neighborhood over the past 25 years. Trinity Dallas’s first service was Sunday, January 22, 1995, in the Stoneleigh Hotel near downtown Dallas. For the next three years, Trinity Dallas moved several
True Deliverance Holiness Church
True Deliverance Holiness Church was established in 1998 in Auburn, Alabama, by Pastor Nolan Torbert with support from faithful dedicated members. The church’s vision is to empower God’s people by unlocking the vast potential that is in every individual by teaching and preaching the word of God. The mission is to serve individuals and
Evergreen Presbyterian Church
ANF Architects is working with Evergreen Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, to re-imagine what it means to be “church” today. The church left their beautiful, historic building to give Rhodes College the space they needed to grow and moved into an urban/commercial space located in the heart of the Evergreen neighborhood. The process began
Holy Cross Community Center
The new 5,700-square-foot Holy Cross Community Center will replace an existing rectory and garage and will serve as an informal dining/gathering space that is not currently present on the Holy Cross Catholic Church and School campus in Portland, Oregon. The program includes a commercial kitchen, seating for up to 240 parishioners, and a new
Zion Lutheran
The Zion Lutheran community in Georgetown, Texas, is growing and modernizing, so a new flexible worship and hall space was connected to their traditional church building. This new addition features an exposed roof design that incorporates natural light and provides views of the preserved heritage trees. When entering the expanded space, visitors will now
Christ Chapel
The Christ Chapel project is a design-build collaboration between Homoly Construction and WSKF Architects. Christ Chapel is a growing faith community in Platte City, Missouri, focused on worship, instruction, outreach and service. All of these elements were under strain in the existing facility and growth was limited. The new project spans about 8,500 square feet
Lakeland Community Church
Creating a space that serves both a congregation and the wider community is no small feat. Lakeland Community Church in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, partnered with Catalyst Construction to bring this vision to life, resulting in Lakeland Park—an indoor play area that has welcomed over 100,000 visitors in just two years. This project exemplifies how strategic
Pleasant Valley Community Church
Pleasant Valley Community Church (PVCC) in Owensboro, Kentucky, started in an old warehouse in 2006 with a small group of 20 believers who stepped out with enormous faith in the work they believed God was calling them to do. They hired Jamus Edwards to lead this new church. As the people of Pleasant Valley











