Publications

We have authored a number of articles which have appeared in national publications. We have also been featured in articles related to ministry design. Listed below are a few of them.

How to Select and work with an architect

This is an article written by Todd Phillippi in the January 2000 issue of Church Business Magazine related to the critical issue of choosing an Architect wisely.

Plan a Better Building

This article appeared in the November/ December 2005 issue of Your Church Magazine, in which we discuss some of the emerging trends in the Church growth market. In particular we emphasize that many churches are entering the market of mixed-use development.

The Big Picture

This article was in the July/ August 2005 issue of Your Church Magazine, related to importance of the Master Planning process in ministry and vision planning.

Bethel Fellowship

This was an article prepared by Religous Product News and appeared in their August 2005 issue that featured a church project of ours that renovated a multi-plex movie theater into an unconventional church.

Mega-Church Phenomenon

This article was prepared by Philadelphia Magazine for their October 2005 issue. It discusses the growing churches in the Philadelphia region and features a long time partner of ours, Sharon Baptist Church.

Emerging Trends in Church Design

Written by Todd Phillippi this article, which appeared in the January 2004 issue of Church Business Magazine, discusses a number of ways in which church design is changing to meet the emerging culture.

Maintain Front-Line outreach spaces in your church facility

This was an article written by Todd Phillippi for the December 2002 issue of Church Executive Magazine that discusses the need for churches to focus on the perception of visitors to their facility.

Scriptural Borrowing

This was a paper prepared by John Whitehead that many of our clients have found helpful regarding the issue of debt in ministry.

Davisville Church - Design Cost Data

This article, originally published in the July/August 2007 issue of Design Cost Data, features one of our projects, Davisville Church in Southampton, Pennsylvania.

Meet your current facility needs with a multipurpose space

Featuring New City Gospel Fellowship and published in the March 2008 issue of Church Executive Magazine, this article discusses the benefits of and issues related to multipurpose worship spaces.