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Church Relocation


Relocation for Your Church?
Articles on Relocation
Space Study
Presenting Relocation to Church
Selecting Your Next Site
Use of Old Site
Options to Relocation
Consultants Who Helped Us




Is Relocation For Your Church?

Book: Going Places with God
31-Day Devotional Guide for Churches Considering Relocation
Fourth Edition, Current as of February 2, 2008
A brief appendix in back with additional helps

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Relocation Manual for Pastors
Current as of February 2, 2008
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The Relocation Decision Process on 1 Page

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Articles on Relocation

When is it best to relocate your church? (pdf)
Renovate or Relocate? Too few parking spaces, seats
Florida Baptist Witness
Relocation Issues by Stephen Parks (Leadership Network)
The Changing Face of the Church (panel discussion)
The Eleventh Commandment by William M. Easum
Thou shalt not love thy buildings more than thy God
Relocating a Church: Questions to Ask
Strategic Planning & Relocation brochure, Glenn Akins (pdf)
(This is an old brochure; Akins is now at the Virginia Baptist Mission Board)
Book: Planning & Building Church Facilities by Gwenn E. McCormick (has chapter on relocation)

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Space Study / Guidelines for Space

Rules of Thumb for Church Buildings (pdf, LifeWay)
Meeting Space Specifications Chart (pdf, LifeWay)
Church Growth & Church Facilities (pdf, LifeWay
Is Your Church User-friendly? (pdf, LifeWay)
The most important rooms in church are the ladies rest rooms & preschool classrooms
The Changing Nature of Church Design
More Downloadable Resources from LifeWay's Church Architecture Dept.

Excel Spreadsheets to Help You Evaluate the Quantity of Your Space
Complete the parts labeled in blue. The spreadsheet will do the rest. This is only a tool to assist you based on general rules of thumb. You will have to take into consideration any special circumstances you may have in light of LifeWay's Rules of Thumb, shown above.
Spreadsheet: Sunday School Capacities
Spreadsheet: Worship Center Capacity
Don't have Excel? Download OpenOffice. Calc will work with these files & is a free download
Article: What You're Looking for in a Space Study
Article: Balanced Space



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Presenting Relocation to Your Congregation

Ground Rules for Discussion pdf
How to be Caught by a Biblical Vision
Motion to Purchase Property (FBC, Tallasee)
Questions about Relocation (FBC, Tallassee)
Motion to Relocate, FBC, Tallassee
So Your Church is Looking at Relocation - and it has you upset
Things to Know Before You Build by Dan Reiland
Reasons Not to Build by Dan Reiland
Relocation Cautions by Gary Nicholson

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Selecting the New Site

Site Selection Criteria

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The Use of the Old Building After Relocating

How to Sell God's House


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Options To Relocation

Relocation Alternatives on 2 Pages

Dual Sunday Schools
Dual Sunday Schools
How to Plan & Conduct Multiple Sunday Schools

Multi-Site / Multi-Campus
Multi-Site Resources, VBMB
Multi-Site Revolution
Should Your Church Go Multi-Site?
CT: The Multi-Site Movement
Multiple Site/Multiple Campus Report (pdf, Leadership Network)
Extending Your Church to More Than One Place (pdf, Leadership Network)
The Multi-Site Church by Dave Ferguson, Leadership Journal
Leadership Network: Multi-Site Churches (commercial)
Commercial: Creating a Multi-Site Church
Commercial: Starting Another Service
ChurchVideoVenues.com

Merger
BP: After merger & growing pains, New Seasons envisions growth
Parish Mergers and Organizational Culture, Robert A. Gallagher
Factors Leading to Successful Mergers, doctoral dissertation by Richard Laribee (for sale)

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Consultants Who Helped Our Church

Deciding Relocation, Glenn Akins
Courageous Churches Team, Virginia Baptist Convention

Master Site Plan, Church Architecture, LifeWay
Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions

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