We are taking one step at a time moving forward with our building expansion plans.
We'll keep this page up-to-date as we continue to make decisions and steps toward our building expansion.
November 2021
We began praying as a church what God wanted us to do as far as building expansion. We could see the need, but we didn’t want to move forward without clarity.
September 25, 2022
Pastor Josh shared the vision for Prince Avenue moving forward: Our vision is to be the visible presence of Jesus in our community, a healthy and growing family of faith that is passionate about experiencing, enjoying, and expanding God’s presence to our neighbors and the nations.
You can watch that Sunday's message here.
October 2022
We held vision meals on October 2, 9, and 16, to share details on building plans that would help us carry out our new vision.
At the meals, we invited everyone to participate in the process by praying for 28 days to seek God’s presence in their lives as well as what to give towards our building expansion.
October 30, 2022
At the end of both of our Sunday morning services, Prince Partners voted by ballot on whether to move forward with the vision plans. The church voted 99% in favor of moving forward.
November 2022
Beginning Sunday, November 6, 2022, we began collecting pledges and gifts toward our goal of $15 million. Collection boxes will remain in the atrium for the remainder of 2022.
We will begin construction once we reach our goal of $15 million in pledges.
January 2023
As of January 15, 2023, we have reached $10,745,000 in gifts and pledges toward our goal of $15 million! This amount was reached by only 48% of giving units in our church. That means that 52% of giving units have not given or pledged anything towards MORE.
Our primary goal with this initiative is for every Prince member to pray about how God wants them to participate and then obey! We believe that if the 52% of giving units pray about what they should give toward MORE, then we will reach our goal of $15 million.
We have decided to not take out a loan to get the remainder of the amount needed. Instead, we will begin with preliminary planning work and permits that will take 10-12 months to complete. We are believing that by the time we are ready to break ground on construction, we will have everything we need to pay for the project in cash!
Watch the update from Pastor Josh
May 2023
We are grateful for everyone who has participated in our MORE initiative so far—thank you for your generosity! Our goal is to raise $15 million in pledges and gifts before we move forward with construction. Below are the most recent giving numbers to show where we are toward meeting our goal. (Updated May 18, 2023)
Amount Pledged: $10,086,150.30
Total Pledged and Given to Date: $10,996,417.10*
Total Received to Date: $5,522,267.93*
Total number of participants who have pledged and/or donated: 605
Total number of participants who have given toward their pledges: 377 ($4,612,001.13)
Total number of Prince Partner (member) giving units: 947
Total number of Prince Partner giving units that have participated: 515 (54.4 percent)
Total number of Prince Partner giving units that pledged but have yet to give: 79
Prince Partners who did not pledge but have given: 88 ($389,575.82)
Non-Prince Partners who have pledged: 48 ($1,098,890.00)
Non-Prince Partners who did not pledge but have given: 42 ($128,254.41)
*The church committed to give $750,000 in each of 2022 and 2023 to the Global Missions Offering out of the MORE campaign donations. Therefore, all Global Missions Offerings go toward the MORE campaign during those two years. The above “Total Pledged and Given to Date” and “Total Received to Date” totals for the MORE campaign include the Global Missions Offerings received in 2022 and so far in 2023.
May 2024
On Sunday, May 5, we held another MORE dinner where Pastor Josh had the opportunity to share the heart and vision behind the MORE Initiative, including all of the details of the building campaign, Equip Center, and counseling center. Since the original MORE meals in October 2022, we have had more than 400 individuals join Prince as members, so we wanted to provide the opportunity for all of these people to learn the details on MORE and to invite them to participate.
We will continue to receive contributions toward individual pledges as our team continues to work with architects and the county to be ready to break ground and begin construction.
August 2024
On Sunday, August 25, the church body voted to approve a proposal to use $5 million of church reserves toward our MORE Building Campaign and increase our MORE campaign total to $22 million to include new campus parking and to start construction immediately on all projects.
The following day, August 26, construction began with clearing the building area, removing trees and fencing, and grading.
