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Church Growth Trust 1. Who are we and what do we do? Church Growth Trust’s vision is to safeguard independent church properties for future Gospel use. We are also passionate about making sure the buildings are as good as they can be for modern church use. The best way to do this is by both supporting and guiding occupiers of our buildings in their use of the buildings and by working closely with them when they want to improve a building to make it better fitted for its Gospel use. There is no “one size fits all” approach. Each project is unique in content. However, we have an approach which has been tried and tested over a number of years. This helps both parties to keep on track from start to finish and to know what is happening through the day to day life of the project. What follows is hopefully a helpful explanation of a building project when working with us. 2. Ownership – “Explain how the building ownership works” Church Growth Trust owns its buildings, either as a freeholder or as a sole trustee. Essentially this means that the Trust is in control of the property and that when looking at a project the tenant/occupier needs to understand that at no point can the Trust grant any interest in its property other than a tenancy. There can be no sharing of equity where a church owns a share in the property. 3. Funding and gifts for the project – “How are we going to pay for this?” Church Growth Trust understands the issue of ownership and equity can be a difficult message to share with a fellowship AND then to expect generous financial support for a project. Church members often expect to see something tangible
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