Tim Cool Releases 'Why Church Buildings Matter: The Story of Your Space'

How does a church space support the story of the people in the church? Tim Cool's new book, Why Church Buildings Matter: The Story of Your Space, answers that question and many more about church facilities.

Stories include spaces. The church building helps tell the story of the people. In his book, Tim offers a unique perspective on church buildings. While a church building will not save a person from sin and frustration, neglecting the building can become a hurdle to reaching people who need to hear the gospel message.

Unfortunately, too many churches minimize the importance of their buildings when they need to maximize them to help tell the greatest story of all timethe story of Jesus Christ.

"Story" is all around usin virtually every aspect of our daily experiences, which means that our church and ministry facilities also tell a story. The questions for faith-based leaders are:

What story are your facilities/campus telling?

Are we intentional about the story?

Is the story congruent with who we are, who we "think we are, what we believe/value and who we want to reach for Christ?

In Why Church Buildings Matter, Tim Cool address theprimary factors to story-telling that we need to be cognizant of related to our church facilities and a first-time guest's experience including:

1. Why Your Church Facility Should SUCK

2. Theology, Pragmatiism and Story

3. Well Digging vs. Temple Building

4. Story vs. Fairy Tale

5. The "new" Front Porch

6. Design/Street-scape

7. Parking Lot Experience

8. Way-finding/Environmental Graphics

9. Personal Interactions

10.Facility Condition

11.Backstory

12. ...and so much more

Rainer Publishingis excited to offer this title, available at Amazon.com. Download your Kindle copy today!

About the Author - Tim Cool

Tim has assisted more than 350 churches,(equating to over 4 Million Sq Ft) throughout the United States with their facility needs. He has collaborated with churches in the areas of facility needs analysis, design coordination, pre-construction coordination, construction management and life cycle planning/facility management.

Tim has also been a conference speaker at numerous national conferences and seminars including the national conferences for the NACBA, NACFM, Texas Ministry Conference and Worship Facility Expo. He maintains his national membership with the International Code Council for building codes. He is also a member of the International Facility Managers Association, National Association of Church Business Administration and National Association of Church Facility Managers.

Tim is also the author of, "Successful Master Planning: More Than Pretty Pictures" and numerious White Papers, published articles and he blogs at Cool Conversations Live.

Tim has been married to his best friend, Lisa, for 29 years and resides in Charlotte, NC with their 17-year-old triplets. They are active members at Elevation Church.

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