WHAT WE DO

Partnering with churches to create engaging built environments for ministry.

Momentum Group provides churches with an advocate that exclusively represents their interests in navigating the complexities of planning, funding and developing new ministry facilities.

We take an integrated multi-disciplined approach, bringing the right team members that best suit each project. Some of the dozens involved in this highly collaborative process will include the architect, civil engineer, landscape architect, interior designer, acoustical engineer, contractor, security & access controls, audio/visual/lighting group, themed environments, interior and graphic designers, and other engineers and consultants.

Our focus is ministry facilities, however we have decades of extensive experience in large complex developments over $100 million and leverage this expertise to serve the church. This allows church leaders to focus on core ministries with the confidence that they have a partner that is working on their behalf and keeping them involved at only the level that fits their requirements.

BENEFITS

WE WILL NOT take on a project assignment if the benefits of our services do not far outweigh our fee through sound financial and project planning, design cost control, change order mitigation and risk control. And building the wrong space or space you do not need is an incalculable cost.
These are just some of the benefits of using Momentum Group as your church’s development representative:

  • Confidence that God given resources have been stewarded wisely

  • Know if you really need to build, and what size and type space you need

  • Know what you can afford to build and how long it will take

  • Attain a realistic understanding of what size and quality of building your budget will cover

  • A partner that understands ministry and how to develop facilities that reflect your unique Vision

  • Expert navigation through a complex process with a myriad of choices and decisions

  • Sound information and guidance to make important decisions that will impact your church for decades

  • Guidance in hiring the best multi-disciplined team for the project

  • Guidance in selecting the best delivery method for the project

  • Partner whose interests are aligned exclusively with the church

  • Senior leadership with decades of experience in complex project development, design and construction

  • Avoid unsuccessful capital campaigns due to poor planning and unrealistic expectations

  • Manage risk and protect interests of the church

  • Control over building quality, cost and schedule

CRAIG NEVELS

Craig Nevels is the founder of Momentum Group and has over thirty years experience in real estate development and construction management

Craig has held senior level and executive leadership positions in several notable organizations over his career.  Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Development for Bristol Development Group in Nashville and a Partner in a portfolio of urban infill multi-family and mixed-use projects that included such noteworthy developments as the 21-story Icon in The Gulch, Velocity in The Gulch, and Vista Germantown in Nashville, among others.  He has represented a number of churches and private schools in Georgia, as well as developers of senior living, and high-rise mixed-use properties in Atlanta and Orlando.  Craig was also the Atlanta Regional Vice President for an award-winning Florida-based real estate developer expanding their presence deep into the southeastern US. 

Having served many years in church leadership roles such as elder, board of trustees, finance committee member, international missions and others has uniquely positioned Craig to help churches navigate the complexities of developing facilities.  

Craig holds a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management from the University of Florida and resides with his wife Alexandra in Franklin, Tennessee.