Mel McGowan

Mel McGowan is the co-founder and chief creative principal of PlainJoe Studios, a multidisciplinary design firm focused on storytelling from branding to building. He also is the author of Design Intervention: Revolutionizing Sacred Space (PlainJoe Studios) and serves as an adjunct professor at California Baptist University’s College of Architecture, Visual Arts and Design.

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Place Makes Space

Mel McGowan - September 7, 2022

By its name alone, the church was already primed to lean into its identity, while giving their outbuildings names like The Ridge, The Summit and The Vista kept the motif consistent.

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A Church for Rosenberg

Mel McGowan - July 20, 2022

Inspiring Real Hope in a Small Texas Community

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Exploring Faith and Liberty

Mel McGowan - May 18, 2022

Philadelphia museum traces the role of faith in our nation’s founding

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Embrace the Metaverse

Mel McGowan - March 30, 2022

Transforming Ministry Through Mixed Reality

Features

What Story Does Your Facility Tell?

Mel McGowan - January 3, 2022

Determine Your Church’s Unique Story and How to Share It

Resources

Following God’s Heart for the Community

Mel McGowan - November 15, 2021

How Churches Can Recapture the Town Square in a Post-COVID-19 World

Ideas

Redeeming Post Commons

Mel McGowan - March 1, 2021

Hugh Halter revitalizes Alton, Illinois, with nothing but an old post office.

Ideas

ReCreation: EDEN City

Mel McGowan - February 1, 2021

An Ethos-Driven Experimental Neighborhood (E.D.E.N.) is a destination designed to contribute to the overall development, health and happiness of its residents.

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