What are some words of wisdom for church schools?
One could speculate that tuition has been down in private Christian schools and that they may have some hurdles of their own. Rolfs: Many Christian schools we dialogue with are trying very hard to hold their pricing on tuition for the fall while at the same time maintaining their staff. While this will be a challenging year, we’d encourage ministries to do what they can to weather this storm. The long-run outlook for Christian education is still very good as they offer a unique and important product. What you may see this fall are some larger class sizes as some schools are not able to fund as many different classes per grade as they have in the past. Newsbyte: Are you seeing churches requesting funding for multi-sites or video venues, as offshoots of the main church campus? What trends are you seeing as churches grapple with growth and the constraints of the current economy? Rolfs: The multi-site concept continues to be popular among larger ministries that realize it may not be the be
