Decades Vision

Hurricane Delta destroyed our Ministry Center in 2020. We considered rebuilding the 45-year-old building as it previously was, but there were significant challenges with its age, design and layout. 

For over a year, our leadership teams spent time seeking God, praying, dreaming, listening, learning, and planning. We worked with experts in different industries, resulting in a campus master plan that will shape the future of our church. Here are some of the key features of our redesigned campus:

• A central lobby with a clear main entrance from our parking lot
• New kids space next to our preschool space so parents only have one place to check-in their kids
• A new 250-seat multi-purpose worship venue for Sunday mornings and ministry activities
• Tons of new restrooms! 

You may have been part of church campaigns in the past where you were asked to give a second gift “above and beyond” your usual gifts to complete special projects. Normally, you gave that gift to the “Building Fund” and you also continued to give to the “General Fund.” Dividing giving into these categories is potentially confusing because some people don’t have a baseline for “usual giving” and it divides everyone’s focus which makes it difficult to celebrate the total giving of The Bayou Church.

We believe we’re all on ONE MISSION—to transform lives in Acadiana through Christ-centered relationships. The Decades Initiative lasted two years. During those two years, every gift given to The Bayou Church went to the Decades Initiative—to help us build on the past to shape the future through resourcing ongoing ministry, making a difference, and future expansion.

The ONE FUND approach helped to unify our approach to how we handle our finances as a church, so we will be continuing this approach beyond Decades.