

church building seminar
If your church or school is growing and planning to expand, remodel, or build a new facility, you will not want to miss this seminar, coming to the following cities this fall!
If your church or school is growing and planning to expand, remodel, or build a new facility, you will not want to miss this seminar, coming to the following cities this fall!
DATES & LOCATIONS
Belton, TX
September 12 – First Baptist Church
September 12 – First Baptist Church
Herndon, VA
September 26 (Location TBA)
Herndon, VA
September 26 (Location TBA)
Walnut Creek, CA
Walnut Creek, CA
October 10 (Location TBA)
October 10 (Location TBA)
Apple Creek, OH
Apple Creek, OH
October 19 – Fairlawn Church
October 19 – Fairlawn Church
St. Louis, MO
St. Louis, MO
October 24 (Location TBA)
October 24 (Location TBA)
West Palm Beach, FL
West Palm Beach, FL
November 8 – Palm Beach County Convention Center
November 8 – Palm Beach County Convention Center
Palm Coast, FL
Palm Coast, FL
November 9 (Location TBA)
November 9 (Location TBA)
To Register, call 800-752-7910 or email us at info@bgwservices.com
To Register, call 800-752-7910 or email us at info@bgwservices.com

- Facilities as Ministry Tools: Expanding Community Impact and Outreach Through Our Buildings
- Lowering Costs on Faith-Based Construction & Remodel Projects
- Financing Your Future: Expanding Your Ministry with Confidence & Reducing your Financial Risk
- Contagious Generosity: Creating A Culture Of Giving to Fund Your Vision
- Facilities as Ministry Tools: Expanding Community Impact and Outreach Through Our Buildings
- Lowering Costs on Faith-Based Construction & Remodel Projects
- Financing Your Future: Expanding Your Ministry with Confidence & Reducing your Financial Risk
- Contagious Generosity: Creating A Culture Of Giving to Fund Your Vision
- The 3-Day Design Charrette: The First Step in Bringing your Ministry Vision to Life
- Leveraging Audio, Video & Lighting to Create a More Immersive Worship Experience
- The 3D Process for Gaining Strategic Perspective in Your Ministry
- Childcare Centers in Churches: A Financially Sustainable Ministry Opportunity
- The 3-Day Design Charrette: The First Step in Bringing your Ministry Vision to Life
- Leveraging Audio, Video & Lighting to Create a More Immersive Worship Experience
- The 3D Process for Gaining Strategic Perspective in Your Ministry
- Childcare Centers in Churches: A Financially Sustainable Ministry Opportunity
FEATURED SPEAKERS & GUESTS
This seminar will feature presentations and opportunities for one-on-one interactions with leading experts in the areas of faith-based architecture, construction, lending, capital campaigns, leadership, worship technology and more. Learn strategies and insight from a team that has worked with more than 1,000 ministry organizations nationwide.
This seminar will feature presentations and opportunities for one-on-one interactions with leading experts in the areas of faith-based architecture, construction, lending, capital campaigns, leadership, worship technology and more. Learn strategies and insight from a team that has worked with more than 1,000 ministry organizations nationwide.
Don Mahoney
Principal Architect & President, BGW Architects
Don has one of the most extensive backgrounds in worship and performing arts architecture in the U.S. He has designed prominent facilities all across the country throughout his 37 year career and has been recognized with a number of awards for innovative and creative church design, including multiple WFX Solomon Awards for Best Church Architect, Best Church Design, Best Special Project and Best Digital Church. Don is also a recipient of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund Arts & Architecture Award for Best Liturgical Design.
Don specializes in helping ministries to cast their vision during the very earliest stages of the project through creative master planning and preliminary design concepts. He has always emphasized the importance of maintaining a solid design approach in all budget environments by taking advantage of the free tools of architecture such as scale, proportion, texture, color and form. Don earned his Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Utah in 1982 and formerly served as President of the American Institute of Architects for the State of Utah.
Don Mahoney
Principal Architect & President, BGW Architects
Don has one of the most extensive backgrounds in worship and performing arts architecture in the U.S. He has designed prominent facilities all across the country throughout his 37 year career and has been recognized with a number of awards for innovative and creative church design, including multiple WFX Solomon Awards for Best Church Architect, Best Church Design, Best Special Project and Best Digital Church. Don is also a recipient of the Lutheran Church Extension Fund Arts & Architecture Award for Best Liturgical Design.
Don specializes in helping ministries to cast their vision during the very earliest stages of the project through creative master planning and preliminary design concepts. He has always emphasized the importance of maintaining a solid design approach in all budget environments by taking advantage of the free tools of architecture such as scale, proportion, texture, color and form. Don earned his Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Utah in 1982 and formerly served as President of the American Institute of Architects for the State of Utah.
Matt Roberts
Senior Pastor, The Genesis Project National Network of Churches & BGW Church Strategy Consultant
Matt is the Founder and Lead Pastor of The Genesis Project, a church based in Ogden, Utah that has grown to a multi-site movement in 6 communities across the nation reaching thousands every week. He is also the co-author of the book “The God of New Beginnings. Matt began his ministry as a youth pastor in the inner cities of Tampa, FL and Portland, OR. In addition to his present ministry in Utah, Matt serves as a church strategy consultant with BGW, coming alongside churches all across the country and supporting them in establishing a clear and vibrant missional identity. Matt and his team at The Genesis Project are certified in facilitating the StratOp Strategic Planning System and are uniquely equipped to help your leadership team bring clarity out of uncertainty and help facilitate meaningful growth.
Matt Roberts
Senior Pastor, The Genesis Project National Network of Churches & BGW Church Strategy Consultant
Matt is the Founder and Lead Pastor of The Genesis Project, a church based in Ogden, Utah that has grown to a multi-site movement in 6 communities across the nation reaching thousands every week. He is also the co-author of the book “The God of New Beginnings. Matt began his ministry as a youth pastor in the inner cities of Tampa, FL and Portland, OR. In addition to his present ministry in Utah, Matt serves as a church strategy consultant with BGW, coming alongside churches all across the country and supporting them in establishing a clear and vibrant missional identity. Matt and his team at The Genesis Project are certified in facilitating the StratOp Strategic Planning System and are uniquely equipped to help your leadership team bring clarity out of uncertainty and help facilitate meaningful growth.
Chris Stovall
Senior Generosity Strategist, Generis
Chris Stovall has over 30 years of church leadership and ministry experience. During that time, he has served in almost every capacity on a church staff including 15 years as a lead pastor and church planter. Prior to vocational ministry, Chris worked for several years in corporate banking. Along the way Chris also led several small start-up companies, maximizing profits to position each for greater success.
Chris has been consulting and coaching churches and nonprofits for over 15 years now. He has an extensive combination of both business and ministry experience that gives him a unique perspective in his consulting. Chris is very adept at helping churches and organizations strategize vision, discover opportunities out of obstacles, develop compelling communication for objectives, and layout a plan to accomplish their God-inspired dreams. Chris’ passion is to see individuals discipled and grow spiritually in the area of giving and therefore see the culture of generosity in those churches and organizations grow as well.
Chris Stovall
Senior Generosity Strategist, Generis
Chris Stovall has over 30 years of church leadership and ministry experience. During that time, he has served in almost every capacity on a church staff including 15 years as a lead pastor and church planter. Prior to vocational ministry, Chris worked for several years in corporate banking. Along the way Chris also led several small start-up companies, maximizing profits to position each for greater success.
Chris has been consulting and coaching churches and nonprofits for over 15 years now. He has an extensive combination of both business and ministry experience that gives him a unique perspective in his consulting. Chris is very adept at helping churches and organizations strategize vision, discover opportunities out of obstacles, develop compelling communication for objectives, and layout a plan to accomplish their God-inspired dreams. Chris’ passion is to see individuals discipled and grow spiritually in the area of giving and therefore see the culture of generosity in those churches and organizations grow as well.
Jason Manarchuck
Founder, Sprout Consulting
For more than 25 years, Jason’s genuine care for people and consulting expertise with teams and leaders has allowed him to serve and lead growth in two organizational paths: non-profits and on-purpose businesses. His approach is principled-based with a clear attention to the fundamentals and follows a God-honoring, people-first process. Along that path, he has led in a variety of ministry roles including ordained pastor, church planter, donor development, board member while ministering locally and internationally, including a congregation plant in Los Angeles.
As for leadership roles, Jason is a growth strategist & branding consultant, serving clients from Wall Street to Main Street, including Fortune 500 companies, and consulting in 10 countries including Israel, the United Kingdom, Honduras, and Austria. He is a founder/co-founder of multiple non-profits and businesses, including The Mulligan Society as well as leading SPROUT Consulting for the last 10 years, a growth-focus firm that works with owners, leaders and executives to develop higher impact, strategic growth, branding and marketing plans.
Jason Manarchuck
Founder, Sprout Consulting
For more than 25 years, Jason’s genuine care for people and consulting expertise with teams and leaders has allowed him to serve and lead growth in two organizational paths: non-profits and on-purpose businesses. His approach is principled-based with a clear attention to the fundamentals and follows a God-honoring, people-first process. Along that path, he has led in a variety of ministry roles including ordained pastor, church planter, donor development, board member while ministering locally and internationally, including a congregation plant in Los Angeles.
As for leadership roles, Jason is a growth strategist & branding consultant, serving clients from Wall Street to Main Street, including Fortune 500 companies, and consulting in 10 countries including Israel, the United Kingdom, Honduras, and Austria. He is a founder/co-founder of multiple non-profits and businesses, including The Mulligan Society as well as leading SPROUT Consulting for the last 10 years, a growth-focus firm that works with owners, leaders and executives to develop higher impact, strategic growth, branding and marketing plans.
Michael Boblit
Vice President / Relationship Manager, Bank of the West
For the last 23 years, Mike has worked with ministries all across the country to provide financing solutions for new construction, facility expansion, property acquisition and various other types of financing. Over his 40+ year career, he has been involved with a wide range of organizations, from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups across various technology and financial services markets. Mike’s career success demonstrates that a consultative approach with a focus on solving customer problems is a winning formula. Now part of the Bank of the West’s highly experienced Religious Institution’s Banking Group, he continues to leverage his expertise working with ministries to provide financial service solutions to meet the many needs of growing, dynamic faith communities.
Appearance Dates: March 28, April 25, May 9. Click here for May 16 and May 24 Speaker bio
Michael Boblit
Vice President / Relationship Manager, Bank of the West
For the last 23 years, Mike has worked with ministries all across the country to provide financing solutions for new construction, facility expansion, property acquisition and various other types of financing. Over his 40+ year career, he has been involved with a wide range of organizations, from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups across various technology and financial services markets. Mike’s career success demonstrates that a consultative approach with a focus on solving customer problems is a winning formula. Now part of the Bank of the West’s highly experienced Religious Institution’s Banking Group, he continues to leverage his expertise working with ministries to provide financial service solutions to meet the many needs of growing, dynamic faith communities.
Appearance Dates: March 28, April 25, May 9. Click here for May 16 and May 24 Speaker bio
Jeff Mathis
Principal, Performance Technology Group
Jeff leads a full staff of A/V/L designers, installation technicians and project managers at Performance Technology Group (PTG) that works closely with the architectural team at BGW to serve church clients all across the country. As a 30+ year veteran of the industry, Jeff has a wealth of experience in all aspects of the audio, video and lighting business, including sales, installation, management and design. Jeff and his team at PTG deliver cutting-edge worship technology with a focus on stewardship of ministry resources, a key element of the BGW program. They also have a proven track record of delivering fully integrated and cost effective systems for large stage productions, performing arts, and professional events and concerts.
Jeff Mathis
Principal, Performance Technology Group
Jeff leads a full staff of A/V/L designers, installation technicians and project managers at Performance Technology Group (PTG) that works closely with the architectural team at BGW to serve church clients all across the country. As a 30+ year veteran of the industry, Jeff has a wealth of experience in all aspects of the audio, video and lighting business, including sales, installation, management and design. Jeff and his team at PTG deliver cutting-edge worship technology with a focus on stewardship of ministry resources, a key element of the BGW program. They also have a proven track record of delivering fully integrated and cost effective systems for large stage productions, performing arts, and professional events and concerts.
Stan Dobbs
Founder and CEO, Lionheart Children’s Academy
Stan is the founder of several ministries including Lionheart Children’s Academy, which has a mission to empower local churches to take leadership of the child care industry. Stan and his team believes that reaching more children is THE key strategy for significant incremental advancement of the Gospel, and the child care industry represents the best opportunity to do so. During a medical crisis in 2011, God gave Stan the vision for Lionheart, which opened its first academy in 2014.
Stan also launched Apartment Life in 2000 to help churches more effectively reach apartment communities for Christ. Apartment Life has over 1,000 team members living in apartments across the country ministering to their neighbors.
Stan Dobbs
Founder and CEO, Lionheart Children’s Academy
Stan is the founder of several ministries including Lionheart Children’s Academy, which has a mission to empower local churches to take leadership of the child care industry. Stan and his team believes that reaching more children is THE key strategy for significant incremental advancement of the Gospel, and the child care industry represents the best opportunity to do so. During a medical crisis in 2011, God gave Stan the vision for Lionheart, which opened its first academy in 2014.
Stan also launched Apartment Life in 2000 to help churches more effectively reach apartment communities for Christ. Apartment Life has over 1,000 team members living in apartments across the country ministering to their neighbors.
Local Church Construction Experts
Exclusive BGW Builder Partners
BGW Builder representatives will also be in attendance at each seminar. The construction of Building God’s Way projects is delivered through a nationwide network of faith-based contractors that work in close partnership with BGW Architects from the earliest stages of design, helping keep projects intact from a cost perspective as we launch ideas and explore solutions. In addition to their local expertise with church and school construction, BGW Builders are also skilled in delivering the unique BGW Approach that has consistently proven to cut construction costs by reducing conflict, scheduling delays, change orders and product mark-up. This includes leading coordinated ministry efforts on every job site and supporting churches and Christian schools in having a spiritual impact on construction workers through The BGW Ministry of Construction program.
Local Church & School Construction Experts
Exclusive BGW Builder Partners
BGW Builder representatives will also be in attendance at each seminar. The construction of Building God’s Way projects is delivered through a nationwide network of faith-based contractors that work in close partnership with BGW Architects from the earliest stages of design, helping keep projects intact from a cost perspective as we launch ideas and explore solutions. In addition to their local expertise with church and school construction, BGW Builders are also skilled in delivering the unique BGW Approach that has consistently proven to cut construction costs by reducing conflict, scheduling delays, change orders and product mark-up. This includes leading coordinated ministry efforts on every job site and supporting churches and Christian schools in having a spiritual impact on construction workers through The BGW Ministry of Construction program.