Apostolic Truth Church (ATC)

Challenge

Apostolic Truth Church (ATC) had outgrown its original campus and long-held a vision of building a vibrant, multigenerational worship and community center. The primary challenges included:

Scaling vision and space to accommodate a ~950-seat worship center, youth center, children’s area, classrooms, café, community room, and food pantry—all within a cohesive 65,000 sq ft layout.

Delivering on an acreage owned for over 30 years, transforming a greenfield site on Glory Lane into a campus that aligns with surrounding neighborhoods and reflects the church’s growing identity.

Balancing budget and timing while maintaining space for community use (open atrium, public café), supporting volunteer and construction collaboration, and ensuring traffic flow, parking, and stormwater management were addressed responsibly.

Solution

Catalyst Construction, acting as construction manager, stepped in to transform ATC’s long-held vision into reality through:

Collaborative design partnership with Excel Engineering to translate the functional needs (worship, youth, classrooms, café, atrium, pantry, community room) into an efficient, user-centered layout across 65,000 sq ft.

Strategic scheduling and staging, beginning with groundbreaking in June 2024 and continuing with critical path management—coordinating foundations, structural steel, MEP installations, and finishes—allowing ATC to remain “on schedule and under budget.”

Stakeholder coordination, incorporating public-facing elements (café accessible to neighbors, community room, food pantry), addressing circulation (entrances on Glory Lane and Ashbury Drive, minimizing neighborhood traffic), parking expansion, and external site features—all with attention to stewardship and neighborhood compatibility.

Impact

A 65,000-sq ft vibrant new campus featuring a 950-seat worship center, dedicated youth and children spaces—including a game room—a community room, café in open atrium, and food pantry—all designed to serve both congregation and wider Fox Valley neighbors.

Groundbreaking realized a long-held dream, making use of land ATC acquired 30 years ago—now activated for future generations to worship, connect, and serve.

Construction performance excellence, achieving progress on time and under budget, reinforcing Catalyst’s reputation for delivering high-quality, mission-aligned church facilities.

Community stewardship embedded in design, through amenities accessible to the public (café, atrium, community room), and infrastructure designed to manage traffic and stormwater thoughtfully.

Volunteer engagement and church-wide ownership, with progress updates celebrating volunteer participation and excitement, reinforcing ATC’s relational culture in the construction process.