Preston Trail Community Church

Context Understood

Preston Trail Community Church opened with children’s programs at a local Frisco Daycare. Meeting on Sunday mornings led to the church launching full worship services at the AMC Stonebriar in Frisco. The church grew to 300 in the theater and the Co-Senior Pastors, Jim Johnson and Paul Basden, knew they had to find a permanent home.

Options Compared and Solutions Implemented

The leadership team asked Service Realty to find 25 acres to purchase in Frisco. Upon counting the costs to buy land and build, PTCC realized it would be better stewardship of their resources to find a building to purchase. Buying land would have required several more years in a temporary facility. Church Realty identified the available buildings and located a 45,000 sqft former computer chip manufacturing building. PTCC purchased the site and to get additional parking they simultaneously bought an acre next door. The church converted the building to an excellent church space that allowed PTCC to grow to 1,500+ members. This facility allowed PTCC to grow and develop the budget to pursue land to build the facility that will hold them for the next 20 – 30 years.

Ministry Maximized

Preston Trail moved into the building on Christmas Eve 2007 and grew from 300 in weekly attendance to 1,500 in weekly attendance. In the Summer of 2008 PTCC realized that the building would hold them for a season but that they would need a plan for the future. SRI began identifying 25 – 35 acre sites all around Frisco. In April 2010, PTCC bought a 33+acre site in Frisco that will uniquely position PTCC to be a regional Church. In 2014, Preston Trail opened the doors of their new campus and now average 3,500+ per weekend. Church Realty assisted Preston Trail as they leased the original building to a multisite ministry and eventually sold the building to the same ministry in 2017.
Church Realty and PTCC became partners through the growth process. Danny Muzyka assisted PTCC through the purchase of the facility and helped count the costs and work with the city to get the project done. John Muzyka has continued to serve PTCC as they have searched, pursued and purchased land for their next facility. The leadership team and Church Realty worked together closely to ensure that each step was evaluated and that each cost was counted.