Like Jethro being a blessing to Moses, Stephen’s insight, experience and principles will be a blessing to so many pastors and church leaders who believe God is leading them to trust Him in a building project.”ĭr. From personal experience, Stephen’s insight and principles helped us realize the purpose God had in our building project. That is why both Stephen Anderson and his book, Preparing to Build, are such a blessing to the Church.
“Factually, pastors and their leadership teams often lack the “nuts and bolts” know-how of building programs.
Without knowing exactly what is factored into the cost, cost per square foot numbers are meaningless at best and deceiving a t worse. For instance, were design fees, site work, permits, construction interest, utility tap fees, furniture, fixtures, road improvements, parking, landscaping, and other expense items that were not part of the “building” calculated into the cost per square foot? In our example of two people giving very different yet equally accurate costs to build, the difference lay in what they factored into the cost.
To evaluate and use a cost per square foot as a meaningful measure, you have to know what went into the cost calculation. One person may say the building cost for a finished church building project was $115 a square foot and another may say $195 – and they may both be right! How can two answers so very different both be right? As one of our past presidents so glibly demonstrated, the answer depends on how you interpret the question. In order to determine a meaningful value that one might use for estimating what it may cost to build a church, you have to first determine what goes into the definition of cost per square foot. This is a hard question to answer, sometimes even for finished projects, and here is why. One of the most frequently asked questions is “what does it cost per square foot to build a church? ” The answer to that question is about as easy to answer as, “How far is up?” There is no real way to accurately answer the question of cost until you clarify several underlying questions.
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