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 for capital replacement and so much more. In fact, next to your overall staffing costs, your facility related budgets will be the second or third largest expenditures and will also be your largest physical asset. Operational budgeting is not rocket science, but it must be INTENTIONAL.
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About Tim
Tim Cool is the founder of Smart Church Solutions and has assisted 1,000 churches with their facility needs. He has helped in needs-analysis, master planning, construction management as well as life cycle planning/facility management.
Tim is also the author of several books including Entrusted: A Guide to Intentional Church Facility Stewardship, Plan 4 It: The Essential Master Plans for Every Church, Successful Master Planning: More Than Pretty Pictures, Why Church Buildings Matter: The Story Of Your Space, and Church Locality, co-authored with Jim Tomberlin. Tim lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife of 35 years, Lisa, and is the proud father of his triplets who have left the nest.
