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.

A Community Partnership: Crosspointe Church in North Carolina

A North Carolina church and YMCA break ground on a mixed-used destination for the community.

Gathered and Scattered: CrossWinds Church in California

An Old Dairy Farm Is Transformed Into a Metaphor for Restoration

Designing Space for Mission

"We are called to dig postmodern wells where the Samaritan woman of today can get a drink and have a conversation."

Designing the Church as Today’s Town Square

How a Michigan Church Campus Became a Community Gathering Place

Where Kids Drag Their Parents to Church: Northside Christian

A Houston-Area Church Creates a Parklike Welcome for the Community