 | Airplanes Help This Small Company Build Churches
Brown Church Development Group Kearney, NE
Any competent contractor can build a church, but construction won’t be far along before that contractor realizes this job is different. “Building a church is different than building a restaurant,” says Bernie Reed, ministry development coordinator with Brown Church Development Group. “With a restaurant, you’re working with one owner. But when you’re working with a church, there are many people involved, with a lot of different opinions and views.”
“I just can’t tell you how important it is for us to get face to face with all the people at a church, sometimes on short notice.”
For longer trips, Brown employees fly in a twin-engine Cessna 310; for shorter trips, a single-engine Cessna 172. Both aircraft types are often derided as “putt-putt puddle jumpers” by non-business people, but for companies that use them – like Brown Church Development Group - they are essential business tools.
Brown is based in Kearney, Nebraska (population 30,417). Although Kearney boasts three airline departures a day, there’s only one destination: Denver. “We really couldn’t do this without business aircraft,” says Reed. “We can go when we need to, and the guys can work as we fly. Our airplanes are real business tools.
“As they say, ‘No Plane, No Gain,’ and that’s really true and in effect here at Brown,” says Reed.
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