God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
The fundamental pre-construction process can be summarized in the following points:
1. Understanding how the vision for the church dictates a need to build.
2. Understanding whether it is the Lord’s timing for the church to build.
3. Understanding what the church can afford to build and how the church will pay for it.
4. Understanding what the church needs to build and why it is the right thing to build to meet the needs of the ministry.
5. Developing a building plan that is defined by the church’s needs and bound by the budget of the ministry.
6. Starting a capital campaign.
7. Securing a financing commitment.
Morality, in and of itself, is a damning thing. Self-righteousness is a damning thing. You’d be better off to be immoral and face the reality of your needs so that you would come to a Savior, than to live under the illusion that because you have a moral code on the outside, all is well on the inside between you and God.
