Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions we have received. If you have a question that is not listed and answered below, please send an email to [email protected]. We will respond to you in a timely manner.
The Building Faithfully campaign focuses on priorities from the Christ Covenant Campus Building Plan and includes a chapel between the main and north lobbies, a meeting room/ HisAbilities space between the main and south lobbies, a new staff office building to replace the current White House, and a new organ for the worship center.
God has blessed us, and our church is growing. We need more meeting space for Sunday School and other ministries. Our sanctuary is sufficient for large gatherings but too large for more intimate services, such as weddings and funerals. The current staff building is not adequate to house or maximize use of our growing staff and is not suitable for renovation. The current organ is in frequent need of costly repair and nearing its final days.
By God’s blessings, Christ Covenant Church is currently in a healthy financial position with a substantial reserve.
Diligent and informed research estimates the total cost for all four projects to be 17 million dollars.
Our prayer is for contributions to total 12 million dollars or more.
Yes, we have money in reserves to help pay for a significant portion of these projects. The Session has approved using up to 5 million dollars of this reserve if needed, subject to the amount given through the capital campaign.
The current chapel will continue to be used for smaller functions. However, over time, it has proven to be inadequate for our growing church. Advantages of a new chapel include a more functional design, improved access, and increased capacity for larger events and gatherings.
The current organ is over thirty years old and in frequent need of costly repairs. Organ maintenance professionals and our worship staff recommend a new organ over continued repairs. In addition, an organ upgrade (the current proposed organ design includes pipes) will facilitate worship.
The current 100-year-old White House has been renovated and expanded multiple times. Given the scale of our current needs, further renovation and expansion present significant practical and economic challenges, as the current layout and some of the existing materials used in the building
no longer meet building code and safety standards. Rather than build around a 100-year-old house, our design professionals and facilities staff recommend investing in a new building.
Our pastoral staff currently works out of six different buildings on the Christ Covenant Church campus. Although not all pastors will move into the new building, it will concentrate a large number in one location to enhance ministry and increase efficiencies.
Building additions will impact campus utility and water drainage systems requiring expert engineer evaluation and planning. We have asked the engineer to optimize Christ Covenant Church’s parking in this plan, and additional parking is anticipated at the White House building.
All of these houses will remain intact and continue to accommodate current ministry staff. However, within this current project, the land adjacent to the White House where the Youth House currently resides is being designed and prepared to support a possible companion building to the new White House should this need for space evolve down the road.
Commitments made to the capital campaign are to be fulfilled over the next three years. Gifts can be made in full or divided into portions over the three year campaign, which ends in December 2029.
Yes, a commitment to the capital campaign is above your normal tithe.
Yes. Gifts of appreciated stocks and bonds, donor advised funds, life insurance, and charitable trusts are accepted. Please consult your tax professional for more information on the benefits of different methods of giving.
Commitments can be made by turning in a commitment card in the offering or in a tithe box or delivering your card to the church office. Alternatively, you may go to christcovenant.org.
The buildings that we will construct are for kingdom and gospel ministry purposes. The chapel will be a place of worship, and the White House will be a space where sermons are written, people are counseled, and teaching is developed. We have and will continue to aggressively support supported workers, but we see these buildings as housing kingdom enterprises as well.
Yes, the Session has been actively involved in the planning over several meetings this spring and unanimously approved the building plan on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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