Mel McGowan

Mel McGowan is an Outreach Magazine contributing editor and 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.

ReCreation: EDEN City

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.

The Inverted Cathedral

Legacy International Center shares HIStory on a global scale.

Using Space to Practice Generosity

Ascent Community Church in Colorado uses its space to offer its neighbors crazy generosity.

The Church of Tomorrow

Now is the time to think in the future tense.

Echo Park Reborn

Both Echo Park and Foursquare have experienced not just a revitalization, but reconciliation and restoration.

Your Space Can Tell Powerful Stories

Great spaces, art and stories let us join God in reflecting his image.

The Star in the Heart of Singapore

New Creation Church takes an innovative approach to its new facility.

Telling the Story of the Bible

The Museum of the Bible and the saga of the world’s most important book.