Brown, Brown and Associates Architects Develops Systematic Analysis Process for Church Architecture
Richardson, TX, August 28, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The Brown, Brown team is now lending their expertise to assist churches in analyzing their current ministry and church, to evaluate how they may continue to grow. This new Ministry Analysis service includes current building utilization, service times and ministry format to identify growth options, growth blocks, and limiting factors for churches to determine how to proceed with reaching their ministry goals.
Hardy Brown, architect and partner in the third-generation firm said, “The goal of Ministry Analysis is to assist in clearly defining God’s purpose for your church. Through facility evaluation and ‘Listening’ sessions – meetings with key staff members, focus groups, and interviews with church members – we determine your church’s identity, sense of member connection, member’s and visitor’s perceptions, church focus, and church achievements and challenges. Whether you have an interest in community outreach, congregation growth, or bringing more fellowship to your church, our analysis process enables you to get a clear picture of where you are and help you define where you want to go.”
In example and from prior analyses, it is one of BBA-A’s findings that fellowship spaces are the most important spaces in a church, and that the 20 minutes after the service is most important fellowship time. New BBA-A team experiences in church growth include such concepts as Sports Ministry outreach (including playgrounds, ‘spraygrounds’, walking paths, softball/soccer/volleyball fields, and WiFi areas), and maximizing the ‘Coffee House” culture into the church body.
Hardy Brown explains, “We believe the fellowship spaces and the immediate post-service time are critical. It is our finding that the success of those areas and that time largely determines whether the church becomes merely a habit or a family of believers. Recently, after analyzing a church – its culture, ministry and goals, resources available and financing vs. debt – we recommended a refining of the current fellowship and campus. In this example, we recommended a coffee area. A coffee area is a familiar, cultural destination to encourage fellowship and help people feel at home and welcome. In that particular church’s situation, the additional fellowship engaged the members and encouraged the family atmosphere that met the church’s need. Plus, it was economically feasible; enabling the ministry to more effectively use what was basically dead space.”
On the existing church campus, the Coffee Area space reused the foyer entry area, 2 current class rooms and opened much of the wall delineating the Fellowship Hall from the main Hallway. Working with the church committee, the BBA-A team will spotlight the new coffee area so that it presents all the way forward to the main doors. Again, for economy, suggested flooring is polished and stained concrete – which is the most abuse proof and maintenance free floor you can put in a church. New integrated information desk and sign up / information “kiosk” units are permanently housed near the main doors. In the new design, Fellowship Hall acoustical treatments will allow much better conversation and make a large difference in how well the space allows fellowship. This change will also allow the space to be used for small programs and holiday overflow if needed.
The review group was enthusiastic about the possibilities for the space. They were excited about the innovative and bold designs, colors and décor; and how as a whole it blended with the existing Church campus yet set the area uniquely apart. A church representative stated, “The coffee area and acoustical treatments provided by Brown, Brown & Associates were stunning. This space serves not only as welcoming, fellowship area for before and after worship, but serves a double duty as well, separating the school and children’s areas from the church, which will be an added and much needed security improvement.”
From the experience, Brown, Brown & Associates – Architects have developed the following qualifications for effective church/ministry analysts:
1. Be Spirit-lead and Biblically obedient, experienced with churches, Christian service and fellowship – able to assist you to grow and prosper your church and ministry; prayerfully committed and intent on following the perfect example set by the Lord Jesus Christ, the model Servant.
2. Understand the church’s design: its beliefs, practices, personality, leadership, and desires.
3. Helps define the church’s functional adequacy, inspiration, culture, and spiritual significance.
4. Identify blocks and limiting factors to continued growth; analyzing such factors as the ministry, facility, and church family – using the fresh eyes of a visitor to find and recommend ways to eliminate them to allow a clear channel of reception for your message and ministry.
5. Provide insight and focus to improve the church’s function, aesthetics, and budget and cost control.
In addition to Architecture Services and Ministry Analysis, other resources available from Brown, Brown and Associates through their recent partnering with Metroplex Christian Project Alliance provide expertise in finances, signage, construction, and technology.
About Brown, Brown & Associates - Architects
Brown, Brown & Associates – Architects of Richardson, Texas has completed over 350 church projects, including designing over 90 Master Plans and have had the opportunity to some of the created Master Plans develop thru 3, 4, 5 or more phases.
For more information, visit www.BBA-A.com.
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Hardy Brown, architect and partner in the third-generation firm said, “The goal of Ministry Analysis is to assist in clearly defining God’s purpose for your church. Through facility evaluation and ‘Listening’ sessions – meetings with key staff members, focus groups, and interviews with church members – we determine your church’s identity, sense of member connection, member’s and visitor’s perceptions, church focus, and church achievements and challenges. Whether you have an interest in community outreach, congregation growth, or bringing more fellowship to your church, our analysis process enables you to get a clear picture of where you are and help you define where you want to go.”
In example and from prior analyses, it is one of BBA-A’s findings that fellowship spaces are the most important spaces in a church, and that the 20 minutes after the service is most important fellowship time. New BBA-A team experiences in church growth include such concepts as Sports Ministry outreach (including playgrounds, ‘spraygrounds’, walking paths, softball/soccer/volleyball fields, and WiFi areas), and maximizing the ‘Coffee House” culture into the church body.
Hardy Brown explains, “We believe the fellowship spaces and the immediate post-service time are critical. It is our finding that the success of those areas and that time largely determines whether the church becomes merely a habit or a family of believers. Recently, after analyzing a church – its culture, ministry and goals, resources available and financing vs. debt – we recommended a refining of the current fellowship and campus. In this example, we recommended a coffee area. A coffee area is a familiar, cultural destination to encourage fellowship and help people feel at home and welcome. In that particular church’s situation, the additional fellowship engaged the members and encouraged the family atmosphere that met the church’s need. Plus, it was economically feasible; enabling the ministry to more effectively use what was basically dead space.”
On the existing church campus, the Coffee Area space reused the foyer entry area, 2 current class rooms and opened much of the wall delineating the Fellowship Hall from the main Hallway. Working with the church committee, the BBA-A team will spotlight the new coffee area so that it presents all the way forward to the main doors. Again, for economy, suggested flooring is polished and stained concrete – which is the most abuse proof and maintenance free floor you can put in a church. New integrated information desk and sign up / information “kiosk” units are permanently housed near the main doors. In the new design, Fellowship Hall acoustical treatments will allow much better conversation and make a large difference in how well the space allows fellowship. This change will also allow the space to be used for small programs and holiday overflow if needed.
The review group was enthusiastic about the possibilities for the space. They were excited about the innovative and bold designs, colors and décor; and how as a whole it blended with the existing Church campus yet set the area uniquely apart. A church representative stated, “The coffee area and acoustical treatments provided by Brown, Brown & Associates were stunning. This space serves not only as welcoming, fellowship area for before and after worship, but serves a double duty as well, separating the school and children’s areas from the church, which will be an added and much needed security improvement.”
From the experience, Brown, Brown & Associates – Architects have developed the following qualifications for effective church/ministry analysts:
1. Be Spirit-lead and Biblically obedient, experienced with churches, Christian service and fellowship – able to assist you to grow and prosper your church and ministry; prayerfully committed and intent on following the perfect example set by the Lord Jesus Christ, the model Servant.
2. Understand the church’s design: its beliefs, practices, personality, leadership, and desires.
3. Helps define the church’s functional adequacy, inspiration, culture, and spiritual significance.
4. Identify blocks and limiting factors to continued growth; analyzing such factors as the ministry, facility, and church family – using the fresh eyes of a visitor to find and recommend ways to eliminate them to allow a clear channel of reception for your message and ministry.
5. Provide insight and focus to improve the church’s function, aesthetics, and budget and cost control.
In addition to Architecture Services and Ministry Analysis, other resources available from Brown, Brown and Associates through their recent partnering with Metroplex Christian Project Alliance provide expertise in finances, signage, construction, and technology.
About Brown, Brown & Associates - Architects
Brown, Brown & Associates – Architects of Richardson, Texas has completed over 350 church projects, including designing over 90 Master Plans and have had the opportunity to some of the created Master Plans develop thru 3, 4, 5 or more phases.
For more information, visit www.BBA-A.com.
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