Tools For Growing Churches

When a church community is aligned and focused on what its building structure needs to be to further its ministry, the design process will be much easier. Due diligence takes time, but nearly always pays off. Arm your church community with the best information possible. Good expectation management will keep your congregation on the right track and keep it focused on the priorities of your ministry vision. At United Church Structures it is our mission to assist growing churches and we hope you find the following tools helpful.

Design Build Teams
It is critical to use the best team possible when it comes to your building program. Please refer to our list of qualified design and build professionals who are happy to assist you.

Articles for Growing Churches
The following are different article taken from all types of church publications intended to offer ideas for building committees.

Conceptual Floor Plan Idea Catalogue [PDF]
At UCS, we do not provide architectural services, but provide these Conceptual Floor Plans in order to help your committee generate ideas that can then be shared with your design professional.

Figuring Square Footage Needs [PDF]
This worksheet is intended to give you a starting point for figuring basic square footage needed to support your ministry.  The formulas were taken as basic rules of thumb.

Building Program Outline [PDF]
Building projects can take on several different paths.  This is an example of a building program outline.

Church Planning Guide - UCS Catalogue [PDF]
We want you to know how appreciative we are that you are looking at our product and services. As a major sub-contractor, we provide a quality building system. Please take a minute to review our information and share it with your building committee. We are confident we can assist you with your building needs.

Links and Resources
Here we provide links to other online resources we thought may be of interest as well as a list of our link partners.