God is adding to our number daily those who are being saved. But FOF is out of space. More people continue to come and we’re out of room to accommodate. We want people connected to Christ and FOF offers a unique way for people to do that. Without space, we can’t.

Even at two worship services, we're already out of worship space. Additionally, two services doesn't solve our other space issues. We also need cafe, group, NextGen, and storage space. On top of that, our current worship space is limiting what we can do in worship.

We don’t think so. Going to two services jeopardizes the one-church feel far more than adding more seats. For the last three Easters we went to the Vixen and had well over 500 people gathered at one service. Many were surprised at how intimate it still felt.

A new 660-seat worship space with mezzanine that’s more conducive to our worship style. It will include a sensory room, production space, more parking, more bathrooms, a bigger cafe, a catering kitchen, more usable space for NextGen, and storage space, along with AVL. 

For this round, yes. It’s phase 1 of a larger campus plan. Phase 2 will expand NextGen, group, and office space. But that’s a separate project for some time in the future. Any add-ons beyond our reach in this initial phase will also be given next priority.

It gets retrofitted into more fellowship space. Think expanded coffeehouse!

The project costs $5.9 million.  It would be great to raise that in full and avoid all debt. That said, we’ve received over $3.8 million in pledges – an incredible amount for a congregation our size! Financing will take us the rest of the way.

Yes. Right now we anticipate a final loan to be around $2 million.

Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF). They’re our denomination’s lending arm. Our existing mortgage is with them and so was our First Wave loan. They’re friendly lenders with unbeatable rates. Everything they make in interest is poured back into other church and ministry projects around the country.

No. LCEF will extend an interest-only construction loan to cover us through the duration of the actual build. However, every dollar received before contruction is one less dollar we have to borrow and pay interest on. Once we move in, all remaining debt is converted to a typical mortgage on the property. 

One we’d encourage you to consider is inquiring as to whether your place of employment will do a matching gift. Some will! Let us know what documentation they’ll need to process this. 

That said, the vast majority of this will be funded by direct donation from attenders. We don’t receive money from a denomination, sell a product, have trusts that we live off…. FOF is self-supporting.

Wouldn’t that be great! We’d use overage to eliminate our current mortgage (~$230,000). If there’s still more, we’d keep it in our building fund for future expansion, improvements, and maintenance.

We've already broken ground, which poises us to finish the worship auditorium around March 2027 with a grand opening in spring 2027! NextGen space will be functional, but final improvements will continue through summer 2027.

Since most of the construction is new addition, use of our current space will continue like normal. There will be a month or so when they’ll have to take down the dividing wall between our current sanctuary and the newly added one. When that time comes, we’ll get creative. This is not an insurmountable obstacle.

We hope we will! When the new sanctuary fills, we'll go to two services. We also anticipate the need for more NextGen and office space when this happens. That would most likely be the focus of any next build.

Pledge, give, and invite!

If you consider FOF your church home and haven’t made a pledge, please make one! The campaign runs through December 2027. Fill out a Commitment Card of what you can give through then. You’ll find them at the front Mission 247 table at FOF and drop it in an offering box. Or, you can email your pledge to our Financial Team at business@fellowshipoffaith.org. 

If you’ve made an initial pledge, but can now pledge more, please consider it! Just give us your new total amount on a Commitment Card or email in the exact same way.

Then give. The goal is to have all monies received by December 2027 (or early January 2028 if you need the advantage of an extra tax year). The sooner we receive funds, the less we have to borrow up front.

Then, continue to invite…

In any of the current ways you typically give an offering. Just make sure to memo “Mission 247” on your offering envelope or check or select “Mission 247” if you’re giving online or by text. Visit our Giving page for details.

Yes! You can give securities or RMDs directly to FOF.
In fact, it’s often tax advantageous for you to do so!
Contact our Financial Team at business@fellowshipoffaith.org to get this underway.

This webpage will be your go-to for general information. Otherwise, reach out to Pastor David Gaddini at pastor@fellowshipoffaith.org or one of our staff. Also pick up one of our Mission 247 booklets at the FOF Mission 247 table.

First, don’t think of this as your tithe. Anything we give to this expansion has to be over-and-above our current giving. Otherwise, our operational expenses won’t be met and ministries will have to cease. We don’t want that!

After that, it’s up to you! Ask yourself what you can give over and-above. Pray about it. Then challenge yourself to sacrifice one or two steps above it. The gift pyramid you’ll find in the Mission 247 booklet is one tool to help you target how you can do that, and how you can stretch yourself.

Pray about what role you can play, and the sacrifice God is calling you to make.

Pray about the people we’re trying to reach that God wants to add to our number.

Pray about who you can invite, and then act on it.

Pray protection and provision over the whole campaign, the church, and its leaders.

Pray that a white-hot zeal for the will and way of God grips us, with wisdom and boldness to act on it.

Pray that God expands his kingdom in and through FOF.