Feasibility Studies

I am a pastor at a church in central CT of around five hundred people and in 2021 we knew that God was calling us to begin to build a new facility to reach more people in our local area. We contacted Rod Rogers at Abundant Giving and he began to work on the Needs and Feasibility study for our needs. The experience has been—in a word—incredible. The Feasibility study was jam-packed with information that has been invaluable in helping us to plan for the future. The demographic breakdown of our local area compared to those demographics within the church helped us to know how we were doing in terms of reaching people of all backgrounds and situations. Also, the precise calculations made for the total square footage needed to build in accommodating everyone and everything who would come and take place in the new facility has given us confidence looking forward to talking with architects and making our future vision more concrete. Having Rod personally there walking us through all of the details was reassuring and confidence-producing for our leaders and members. I would highly recommend Rod Rogers and Abundant Giving for a Feasibility study.

The attention to detail, professionalism, and high energy level Dr. Rogers brought throughout our feasibility process played a key role in its success. Throughout this process Dr. Rogers showed a passion for helping our church prepare for the future and to help Northside reach lost people in our community. His use of personal interviews, online surveys and personally visiting our church helped us identify things our church is doing well and areas of opportunity to improve and grow. His recommendations for our church are being carefully considered by church leadership and I fully expect most, if not all of them, to be implemented in the next few months. I would strongly encourage any church contemplating a building/capital program to consider using Dr. Rogers’ services.

Without speaking in exaggeration or hyperbole, Abundant Giving saved New Hope Church at least $1,000,000 and who knows how many hours of frustration and endless dead-ends, not to mention the discouragement that accompanies those problems. That’s just what we saved. Because of their objective needs and feasibility process, New Hope Church also gained a better understanding of our strengths and weaknesses, which led to a customized strategy for an expansion phase. I shudder to think of the mistakes we would have made (let alone the dollars that would have been wasted) without this engagement.