The first fund will help secure a site in Warsaw and build the first church within a repeatable model for permanent church space.
A donation here can do more than help one congregation find a home. It can pay for the land, expertise and safeguards needed to establish a path other churches can follow.
The Warsaw project is intended to give SCh Zachód a permanent home. Just as important, it can establish the site criteria, design principles, legal structure, financial process and delivery knowledge needed for future projects. This is the potential growth of a donation: one carefully built foundation that can serve more than one address.
The Warsaw project and any later projects depend on land availability, planning, financing, legal structure and independent feasibility work.
The working ambition is to raise approximately PLN 5 million (about USD 1.32 million / EUR 1.15 million) in initial capital. Most is expected to support acquiring a suitable site. A defined part must also pay for the work that makes a site viable, the project financeable and the model safe to repeat. The allocation will be set after cost estimates and due diligence.
Currency equivalents are rounded, using NBP average rates from 22 September 2026 (1 USD = PLN 3.7934; 1 EUR = PLN 4.3463).
Identify and acquire a site that can support both a permanent church home and a viable mixed-use project. Location, planning potential, access, utilities, title and price all matter. The first fund creates the ability to act when the right opportunity appears.
Commission a design framework that can respond to different plot sizes, local rules and congregation needs. Develop the Warsaw scheme in enough detail to test layout, usable area, phasing and costs.
Prepare the ownership, use and governance arrangements; partner agreements; decision rights; and safeguards that protect the church space through development and beyond.
Fund title and planning due diligence, technical and environmental checks where needed, market analysis, cost estimates and an independent feasibility review. The aim is a clear go / no-go decision.
Develop the business case, delivery timetable, financing options and agreements with the parties needed to carry the project forward. Document decisions so future teams can use what the pilot teaches.
How construction is financed. The first fund supplies land and preparation capital. The development plan uses an established commercial pattern: private investors or, where appropriate, local authorities purchase the parts of a building intended for sale. In this model, the church's retained space represents the value a conventional developer would normally take as profit. Instead of a cash profit, the church receives the permanent premises it needs. The precise terms and economics must be confirmed for the Warsaw site.
The model aims to use the value of the wider mixed-use development to reduce the cost of permanent church space and, where the final structure permits, release project capital for another site. That is the intended path to scale, not a promised financial return.
Donations provide the first capital for site acquisition and project preparation.
Independent checks and a viable financing structure determine whether the Warsaw project proceeds.
If built, the non-church area may be sold, leased or otherwise used under the approved project plan.
If proceeds and legal terms allow, released capital and reusable know-how can help launch another project.
A donation is not an investment and does not entitle a donor to repayment or profit. The project’s ability to reuse capital depends on its legal structure and actual results.
A compelling vision is not enough to justify buying land. Before major commitments, the fund should have clear governance, independent review and decision gates that make risks visible to donors and project leaders.
Test planning capacity, demand, construction economics and realistic exit or leasing options before treating the pilot as viable.
Define who owns what, how the church space is protected, who can approve changes and what happens if the project cannot proceed.
Set a budget, approval thresholds and regular donor reporting on spending, milestones, risks and changes to the plan.
The first fund should be judged by tangible decisions, not only by the amount raised.
In Warsaw, we are building the first permanent church home through this model. Its success can begin a wider shift from temporary meeting places to a lasting church presence in Polish cities. The first fund makes that beginning possible.
Donation details will be published once the fund structure, budget and governance are confirmed.