Have an Interesting Building Project?

A couple of months ago, I received a call from Jon Cooke, a reader and senior pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Yankton, South Dakota.

His church had recently converted an old Walmart into its new worship facility, and he thought it would make for a good project profile for our monthly Foundations (church construction) column. I readily agreed, and it made it into our December issue. The uniqueness of the project made for a really interesting story (with great photos!).

"Time after time, church leadership kept coming back to one location – an old Walmart store that had been vacant for three years. It offered massive space, plenty of parking, and a prime location right on the main street of town. Perhaps it offered too much space. Or maybe the idea of renovating a Walmart store was just a little too crazy to embrace. The group kept turning away from the old discount store, only to be led back again and again."

According to Cooke, "God just kept bring it back to us."

You can read the entire profile here.

We're always looking for out-of-the-ordinary worship facility building projects to cover in the magazine. Leave a comment below if you'd like to be considered for an upcoming issue.

God Bless,

Jill Pinheiro

Managing Editor