Church Executive “Church Facility Stewardship” Presented by: Dude S | Page 8

Fellowship Bible Church Takes
Ownership over Work Orders to Ensure
a Well-Maintained Place of Worship
Maintenance
Management
CLIENT John Marquette, Director of Buildings and Grounds
GEOGRAPHY Northwest Arkansas region
VITALS About 7,000 attendees for weekend services on two campuses; 126 acres of
grounds space; approximately 300,000 square feet of facility space
CHALLENGES Without a user-friendly solution in place, it was difficult to get visibility
into open work orders, prioritize tasks, customize items to their internal
naming conventions, and ensure that everyone on the team had ownership
over their work.
RESULTS After implementing Dude Solutions, the team is able to quickly respond to
problem areas, address tasks in order of priority and feel empowered to take
stewardship over the grounds and buildings in which they worship for both
campuses.
Fellowship Bible Church of Northwest Arkansas’ first meeting was held in 1983 by seven
families in the home of one of the founding members. Over the following year, the
church grew rapidly, and after renting facilities for a few years, they constructed their
own first campus in 1991. Since then, they
host approximately 7,000 members of the
congregation each Sunday at both of its
locations in Rogers and Fayetteville. With
sprawling acreage and thousands of square
feet of facility space at both locations, the
church needed a strong system in place to
manage their facilities and operations.
Dude Solutions
has been a game
changer for us.”
Need for Change
John Marquette joined the church 19 years ago, working on the ministry side before
becoming the Director of Buildings and Grounds. With a background in real estate and
construction, John took the lead on building Fellowship’s second campus in Fayetteville. In
addition to the 100 acres and 240,000 square feet of the original campus, the new facility,
completed in 2016, added another 26 acres and 63,000 square feet of facility space to the
facilities and maintenance teams’ workload.
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