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Future Relocation Project
Over the years, our church has considered many different ways to expand our current facilities and parking. Since Pastor Brian came to our church in January of 2000, our church has been steadily growing (up 45%) and been facing parking, space, and neighborhood challenges. During this time, our church has also become more of a citywide church vs. a neighborhood church with people now living in 24 different zip codes and driving to our church from up to 35 minutes away.
In the summer of 2003 we formed a Future Relocation Team. In the winter of 2004, our church conducted a congregational fund drive to raise cash, 2 year faith promise pledges, and gifts in kind to assist us with future relocation plans. At the time, we were specifically interested in trying to purchase an existing 54,000 square foot building and 7 acres of land on Mark Dabling Drive.
From the fund drive, ~100 households committed ~$750,000 in 2-year pledges and ~$250,000 in promised gifts in kind to assist with renovation needs. Since we were not able to put together the needed funding package to purchase the Mark Dabling property, another company in town was able to go ahead and purchase the building for their own use. Those that made pledges were given the choice to continue to fulfill their pledges, refund their donation, or put their pledges on hold until another property could be identified.
We are continuing to search for existing properties that meet the following criteria:
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In an easily accessible and visible location within 3-4 miles of our current church facilities. |
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An existing building with 35,000-50,000 square feet (or more) of space. |
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Parking for 250 vehicles, with available land or nearby parking that would eventually allow for another 200-250 vehicles. |
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Ceiling height of 16' or higher that would allow for a sanctuary (and preferably ceiling heights of 18' or more that would allow for a church fellowship recreation hall/gym). |
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An affordable or discounted purchase price of $30-$40 per square foot (land included) for an existing facility that meets the criteria above. |
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The ability to be affordably renovated into an attractive church facility at an estimated cost of $25 per square foot. |
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Special note: The plan to buy and renovate an existing facility is much affordable than buying vacant land (prices for vacant land in our area would run $1-$2 million dollars) and building a new facility (current church building costs are estimated at $100-$135 or more per square foot for building, furnishings, landscaping, parking, and equipment). It is also much more time efficient to purchase an existing building, since many churches in our state that have purchased, renovated and moved into an existing building within 6-12 months. But churches that have bought land and built new facilities have normally been taking 4-7 years before their first worship service at the new property). |
By the end of the 2004, we anticipate that we will have over $300,000 in our relocation fund with additional gifts expected to come in during 2005. For us to realistically move ahead, we will need to identify a building that meets our criteria AND we will need additional cash and financial pledges of $1,000,000 to $2,500,000 AND/OR some creative solutions to meet our church's future facility/parking needs.
If you know of any available properties, have creative ideas that may assist in our relocation plans, or want to discuss making a generous gift or financial commitment to help with our future relocation, please contact Morris Roth, Relocation Chair (719-264-9499 email: morroth@adelphia.net) or Pastor Brian (cell: 719-930-4000 email: bk@kluth.org).
If you would like to send in a financial gift, pledge, or promised gift-in-kind donation, please send it to: FEFC - Future Relocation Project - 3022 W. Fontanero - Colorado Springs, CO 80904.
Please continue to pray for God's direction, timing and provisions for this important undertaking.