Overview On Church Capital Campaign

By Dominique Martin


There are so many factors in having buildings and establishment to be constructed or renovated. You would need enough manpower, finances, legalities, location planning, marketing or fundraising, maintenance, endowments, and feasibility studies. There are so many things to consider in order to reach the construction goal for whatever reason an organization, company, or agency might have.

Having this process executed would most likely need both art and science. A church capital campaign has a need of a mix of modern and traditional processes and methods in order for it to be established. The way this works is through fund raising so that there would be enough finances for the construction of the church within a specified time.

There is a certain difference with this campaign compared to every others like for universities and schools, museums, hospitals, etc. For this kind, it deals with the principle for Christian Stewardship. The foundation is built on that lifestyle which the responsibilities and the values are from the word of God.

But of course, this highly depends on the way the procedures are being executed, whether in a timely and well calculated manner or not. The givers have the most important role and the success and the time this takes would depend greatly on their decisions. Some would straight away offer their support while some would take a lot of time in order to decide after thorough thinking and praying.

There are projects that have made mistakes due to a few factors being overlooked. The committee should be able to have a congregational readiness survey or a feasibility study in order to know up to what level of support and capacity that the project has already reached. Placing blind faith on this would highly contribute to the failure of the project.

Having the project publicized too early would also contribute to the failure of the entire project. Most of the donations and funds that are being received during this face would be minimal and would not be enough to fully support everything. That is why it is very crucial to privately meet the members and other donors that have high contributions in order to solidify the foundation of the campaign.

The campaign should be seen through and through. Some would think that the publicity is the determining factor of how the project will be a success of failure but it actually depends on the first and end phase of it. The security you get from the beginning would push through the campaign, while the end certifies loyalty from members and supporters.

There is no valid certainty that the support and assistance that would be given is one hundred percent from the members of the church. This is why the committee should never make assumptions based on this and most likely lead to miscalculations. The risk is not worth it, so there needs to be additional planning for these situations or cases.

Referring and consulting a professional would be a sure way to make things smoother and a lot less riskier. Since this is a campaign that is entirely different from others, then it should be provided with adequate attention in order for it to succeed completely. The committee should be able to decide on which firm to refer to, since this can either make or break the whole process.




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