God is working in mighty ways at RMCC, including bringing more people through our doors each week who are seeking Jesus. Since 2021, our church has grown from 150 in weekend worship attendance to 700 (600 in person & 100 viewing virtually) each weekend. Our Kids Quest classrooms, Youth room and Sanctuary are regularly over capacity and if we don’t tackle this challenge now, we’ll see our opportunities to reach those around us diminish because we don’t have space for them. This project will ensure that we have room for all—both now and into the future—as we Build Up our facilities to Reach Out with the gospel. This expansion will allow us to continue reaching out to those around us and to welcome them well.

As we Build Up our facility in the coming year, we will gain additional seats in the sanctuary, while increasing our Kids Quest capacity by 50%. We will also open more adequate spaces for our youth ministry, Growth Groups, prayer and counseling. Currently in our building, we have about 10,000 square feet not being used for ministry that—when renovated—will position us to thrive on this site for many years to come.

Our Sanctuary will expand from 250 to 370 seats, allowing us to realistically welcome over 1,000 in weekend worship services. Our technology will also improve to help us continue discipling the 100+ who join us each weekend online. We will have a new youth ministry room that will accommodate more teens. It will include warm breakout spaces for youth, as well as other groups who meet at the church to connect, grow, and pray. Additionally, we will open up the lobby to provide a better welcome area for our guests, and we will build on behind the sanctuary to give us much-needed storage space.

 We will have a welcoming landing where children can check into one of our 12 Kids Quest classrooms. We will also have a Kids Quest Quad that will accommodate our children in one large space for worship, singing, dancing, and other activities. In addition to these kids’ ministry spaces, we will also create a counseling space to facilitate local Christian counseling.

While the total budget for this expansion was initially $4,500,000, we’ve been able to bring this down to $4,250,000. Through your overflowing generosity and the stellar stewardship of our church leadership, we launched the campaign             with  $1,000,000 in our building fund and, at the end of February 2025, we had $3,522,501.44 in total gifts and pledges. This leaves a total of $727,498.56 to raise in this final year of our two-year campaign.

Our main priorities for this project are:
• Construction $3,000,000
• Audio, Video & Lighting $550,000
• Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment $175,000
• Site Work & Kids Quest Backyard $130,000
• Contingency $370,000
• Campaign Costs $25,000

We launched this two-year campaign in May 2024 and will wrap it up in May 2026. Our building team has worked diligently with our architect, Perkins, Williams & Cotterill, as well as our general contractor, Bobo Construction, and many sub-contractors. Permits are expected back from the County in the spring of 2025 and construction will begin early summer 2025. The project – upstairs and downstairs – should take about seven to eight months, seeing completion in the winter of 2026.

Construction will be phased for minimal impact on church ministries but, as this renovation will impact two thirds of the building, there will be times when we will be displaced. Construction on the Sanctuary, front entrance and downstairs will take place during the summer months, allowing us to meet for worship in the church parking lot while hosting Kids Quest inside.

All told, we expect to be meeting temporarily outside the church building for worship services for just three and a half months during the summer. As we reenter our newly renovated lobby and sanctuary, the work will continue upstairs in kids’ spaces and downstairs in the youth rooms into the winter.

We celebrate the fact that we have been debt-free since finishing our last major project in 2020. We want to continue to be a debt-free church, enabling our resources to be poured right back into ministry. Our desire would be for God’s people to show up and step up in an unexpected way to bring God glory and to keep us from needing to take a short-term loan for this project. That said, in light of the urgency to keep up with God here, we expect that we will need a construction loan to get this project going as soon as we are permitted. We desire to be able to have it paid off by the end of our campaign. If needed, we will take out a short-term loan to cover any deficit of funds. This amount will be manageable based on our annual budget.

How can we be so confident of this? Because we have seen a tremendous partnership in the faithful giving of God’s people. Since 2020, we have increased our budget by 8-20% each year. Through giving by the RMCC church family, we believe achieving the financial needs of the capital campaign is well within reach as we seek to honor Christ with the gifts he has entrusted to us.

Pray first. We ask that you pray for God’s leading in this project and that we completely surrender to his guiding in this season. Please pray for wisdom and discernment for all—including church leadership, staff, our Governing Board, the building committee and more—who are directly involved in bringing this project to fruition. Finally, we ask that you prayerfully consider what overflowing generosity looks like for you to personally invest in this Build Up to Reach Out campaign. Please consider how God may be calling you to give to and through this campaign to reach others.