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Mel McGowan is an Outreach Magazine contributing editor and the co-founder and chief creative principal of PlainJoe Studios, a multidisciplinary design firm focused on storytelling from branding to building. He also is the author of Design Intervention: Revolutionizing Sacred Space (PlainJoe Studios) and serves as an adjunct professor at California Baptist University’s College of Architecture, Visual Arts and Design.

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Historic Vancouver Island Church Gets a Face-Lift

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Selecting a new name that felt current and relevant, both to the modern era and the mission the church embodies, was essential. While the phrase “glad tidings” was once widely known, it has since fallen out of use outside most modern religious communities and organizations.
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Place Makes Space

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By its name alone, the church was already primed to lean into its identity, while giving their outbuildings names like The Ridge, The Summit and The Vista kept the motif consistent.
Architecture and Building

A Church for Rosenberg

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Inspiring Real Hope in a Small Texas Community
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Exploring Faith and Liberty

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Philadelphia museum traces the role of faith in our nation’s founding
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Embrace the Metaverse

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Transforming Ministry Through Mixed Reality
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What Story Does Your Facility Tell?

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Determine Your Church’s Unique Story and How to Share It
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Following God’s Heart for the Community

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How Churches Can Recapture the Town Square in a Post-COVID-19 World
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Redeeming Post Commons

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Hugh Halter revitalizes Alton, Illinois, with nothing but an old post office.
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