Facility Issues and Policy2025-03-04T20:23:04-06:00

Facility Issues and Policy

Facility issues and policies will vary from church to church … learn from the best.

Facility Stewardship

By |March 21st, 2024|

Facility Management, or as we like to call it Facility Stewardship, is a complex and demanding role that requires a combination of skills, foresight, and adaptability. In pursuing excellence, facility stewards often seek inspiration [...]

Common OSHA Violations in Church Facilities

By |August 10th, 2023|

We all know churches are places of worship and community gathering. What is often overlooked, however, is that the church-owned property used to meet in is considered a commercial property. This means that many [...]

Free E-book on Church Facility Budgeting

By |October 5th, 2021|

Our friends at Church Smart Solutions have released a new E-book on Church Facility Budgeting. It covers where to begin your church facility budgeting journey; overspending and underspending; practical steps so that you can [...]

10 Questions Before You Buy Facility Management Software

By |September 17th, 2021|

In today’s world of advanced web applications, cloud computing, and web-based solutions, it can be confusing what facility management software is right for your organization. Identifying your organization's needs is the first step to [...]

What Are Capital Reserves and Why They Matter

By |March 8th, 2021|

Less than 40% of churches Smart Church Solutions have surveyed in our national benchmarking have a defensible plan for capital reserve planning. Capital renewals are inevitable expenses. Every component of your building [...]

The 4 Buckets of Church Facility Budgeting

By |October 27th, 2020|

If your church has a facility, then you have been entrusted with the care and stewarding of your ministry tool. That means that you will have to set budgets, hire personnel, plan [...]

4 Types of Church Facility Maintenance

By |July 8th, 2020|

Maintenance can be defined, as it relates to property, facilities and equipment: The upkeep of property or equipment—Merriam-Webster Maintenance is what we do to keep our facilities and equipment functioning as intended use. It [...]

WheatFields’ Report Card on Church Safety

By |October 22nd, 2019|

In Fletch’s book, Predators—The Case of the Church Embezzler, uses a fictional case study of WheatFields Good News Church. Executive Pastor Dan Black created a report card to evaluate how the church is doing [...]

From Pastors in Sutherland Springs, Texas

By |October 22nd, 2019|

On May 19, 2019, David and Tami Fletcher met for over three hours with Frank Pomeroy, Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Paul Buford, Senior Pastor of River Oaks Church of [...]

Developing a Church Safety Team

By |October 22nd, 2019|

Insurance agents and companies often have a trove of helpful information for churches. The insurance company desires to avert tragedy from your people, prevent incidents at your church and keep all parties out of [...]

A Federal Agent on
 Safety & Concealed Weapons

By |October 13th, 2019|

Often a Risk Management Team will begin as WheatFields’ did—see The Case of the Church Embezzler.” The church knows something must be done, but does not know the needed scope. Experts help teams learn [...]

Report Card for Active Shooter Readiness

By |September 21st, 2019|

Use this Report Card to help you evaluate your readiness for an event at your church. Score 0 for not prepared to a 10 for fully prepared. 1. Is there a standardized campus-wide warning [...]

Van Drivers

By |February 1st, 2019|

Friday, February 1, 2019 Hey Fletch … What kind of policy do we need for people that drive our church vans? DRF—It’s a good idea to have a transportation policy that covers expectations when [...]

Oops, Needed a Bonfire Permit

By |January 18th, 2019|

Friday, January 18, 2019 Hey Fletch … One of our youth pastors asked his campus pastor if he could have a bonfire at an event on their campus. The campus pastor granted permission. Neither [...]

DOT Number for a Church Bus?

By |January 9th, 2019|

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Hey Fletch … We have been getting a lot of conflicting opinions about whether churches need to apply for a DOT number for the operation of church buses that require [...]

Churches and Coworking Spaces … Think Twice

By |December 4th, 2018|

Maybe you have read business articles about the exploding billion dollar shared workspace industry, often called Coworking or Collaborative Space. Perhaps you have seen local articles or YouTube videos featuring churches innovative attempts to [...]

Facility Use Policies

By |November 29th, 2018|

Thursday, November 29, 2018 Hey Fletch … I could not find anything on Facility Use policies on XPastor. Can you direct me to some templates? DRF—We have some facility policies on XPastor. Check out [...]