Resources in Print:
In addition to our interactive services, LifeWay Architecture provides pamphlets and publications at no or low cost to churches on a variety of building and planning subjects. Currently available are the following:
Information Package about LifeWay Architecture 
Guidebook for Planning Church Recreation Facilities
2nd Edition - $10.00
Contact Church Architecture to purchase
Download FREE articles about church building and planning::
- Pre-Consultation Church Ministry Profile
- The
Planning and Building Process
- Rules
of Thumb
- Capital
Fund Raising For Small Churches
- Student
Ministry Space: Thinking outside the Box
- What's
the best floor to use in a preschool room? carpet, or vinyl?
- Selecting
The Right Architect
- Buildings
Do Not Cause Growth
- Checklist
To Determine Readiness To Build A Recreation Facility
- Church
Growth And Church Facilities
- Designing
Technology Into Your Building
- Does
Your Church Have a Bug In Its Planning?
- Guidlines
For Preschool Space
- Is
Your Church User Friendly?
- Plan
And Build With A Winning Attitude
- Six
Secrets For Successful Change
- When
Is It Best To Relocate Your Church?
Helpful Articles
'Breakout Church' expands with LifeWay Architecture's help (LifeWay.com)
Excellence in Playground Design (from landscapeonline.com)
Other Helps on Church Buildings, Growth and Long Range Planning available:
- LifeWay Church Sales: Online Catalog for church furnishings such as pews, steeples, tables, chairs, and many other building-related items.
- LifeWay Stewardship: for information on consultant-led, and consultant-assisted services and products designed to assist your church raise funds for your building or other project including Together We Build, Beyond Measure, Door to the Future, and Bridge to Tomorrow.
- LifeWay Church Signs: for information on a variety of church signs.
- Bank of the West: LifeWay's endorsed provider for Church Loans.
- North American Mission Board: for information on volunteering or finding volunteers to help with your building project.
- NAMB Church Finance Ministry: for helps related to financing a church building project.
Recommended Reading:
- Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap, Thom S. Rainer
- The Book of Church Growth: History, Theology, and Principles, Thom S. Rainer
- Eating the Elephant: Leading the Established Church to Growth, Thom S. Rainer and Chuck Lawless
- Planning and Building Church Facilities, Gwenn E. McCormick
- The Every Church Guide to Growth: How Any Plateaued Church Can Grow, Thom S. Rainer, Elmer Towns, and Peter Wagner
- The Kingdom-Focused Church, Gene Mims
- Kingdom Principles For Church Growth - Revised Edition, Gene Mims
- Recreation And Sports Ministry, John Garner
- Church Administration: Creating Efficiency for Effective Ministry, Robert H. Welch