Using space to tell the greatest story.

How to create superb ministry space for less.

Measuring the benefits of environmental design for churches

Church facilities are much like ships in the sea. They’re human-designed vessels severely and continually challenged by the natural turbulence of their Creator-designed environment. Of course, the original purpose of ships or church facilities hasn’t changed. But the relationship between them and their seas must change if they are to operate, or even survive, in the waters of their calling.

Thinking about the digital age like a Reformer. New article by CKN friend, Rex Miller, featured in Your Church.

People who don’t go to church may be turned off by a recent trend toward more utilitarian church buildings. By a nearly 2-to-1 ratio over any other option, unchurched Americans prefer churches that look more like a medieval cathedral than what most think of as a more contemporary church building.

Small group ministries designed to foster intimate connections can overlook an individual’s need to interact in three other spaces – public, social, and personal. Learn how creative ministry spaces can engage members in deeper connections in all four spaces.

America differs from civilizations of the past that encouraged informal social settings, or “Third Places,” for citizens to connect. Most Americans are fragmented between home, work, the grocery store, and even church. Discover how churches can reach out to their neighbors with an effective solution.

A look at what a church building of the future might be like. High tech, high touch, hi Jesus.

To Keep Emerging Generations (and Their Children) Coming Back, Midwestern Churches Think Outside the Box

A philosophy of ministry space design for the 21st century.