A digital rendering of the Discovery Church Bakersfield building, promoting the 'Room for More' Worship Center expansion fundraising campaign.
A before-and-after image showing an empty warehouse transforming into a church sanctuary filled with chairs, a stage, and a welcome screen.
A text graphic quoting Luke 14:22-23. The phrase 'room for more' is highlighted in gold, followed by an explanation of expanding to welcome more people.
A dark grey background with text. A small heading says 'THE PLANS'. A larger heading says 'Here's what it looks like'. Below is a descriptive paragraph.
A 3D rendering of the modern Discovery Church building as seen from the parking lot, showing the facade, entrances, and surrounding landscape on a sunny day.
Side-by-side images of a large, modern worship center auditorium and a spacious, contemporary lobby with a welcome center, store, and café.
A 3D rendering of a modern building's new entrance, featuring a covered patio with outdoor seating and a parking lot in the foreground.
A graphic lists three project changes: a new worship center, a lobby and café for people, and a new front door. Each point includes a short description.
A webpage showing three ways to support a church expansion: Pray for new people, Give a financial gift, and Bring somebody to invite.

Questions people are asking

$2.2 million, and we're asking our church family to fund it over twelve months. We'll report where we stand publicly, in real numbers, the whole way through.

No. We are not borrowing money for this project. We're moving at the pace of generosity, which means the work moves forward as the giving comes in. That's slower than a loan and a great deal healthier, and it means the church that comes after us inherits a building instead of a payment.

Construction is targeted to begin in December 2026, with the expanded Worship Center opening in September 2027. Building timelines move. When ours does, we'll tell you.

We've sequenced it so it doesn't. The lobby gets finished completely before we touch the Worship Center or the old restrooms, which means services keep running in the current room while the new space goes up around us. There will be a season where the place looks like a construction site. We're going to embrace the mess.

We've sequenced it so it doesn't. The lobby gets finished completely before we touch the Worship Center or the old restrooms, which means services keep running in the current room while the new space goes up around us. There will be a season where the place looks like a construction site. We're going to embrace the mess.

Nothing. The Kids Center is a separate building and it isn't part of this project. Drop off, pick up, and every kids environment run exactly as they do now, start to finish.

It isn't either/or, and our missions and outreach giving continues right through this project. This building is outreach. Almost everyone reading this walked through a door someone else paid for. We're paying for the next set of doors.

No. Expansion gifts are above and beyond your normal giving. Regular tithes keep the ministry running week to week. Expansion gifts build the room.

Give anyway. A church gets built by a lot of people doing what they can, not a few people doing everything. And if giving isn't where you are right now, pray and invite. Both matter.

Email info@ilovediscovery.church, or find any pastor after one of our services. We would rather answer your question than have you wonder about it.