Real Estate Services for Faith Institutions

Leaders of faith communities face complex decisions about how to best serve their members and neighborhoods—often while managing underutilized or aging property. At DCG Strategies, we partner with religious and spiritual institutions to turn real estate into a tool for mission, service, and long-term sustainability. We bring more than just technical real estate expertise. Our team includes people of faith—clergy, spiritual leaders, seminarians—who understand the sacred responsibilities entrusted to religious communities. We take the time to listen, build trust, and align our work with your values. As a Certified B Corporation, DCG Strategies is committed to ethical, impact-driven advising. We support communities of all faiths and traditions, offering services tailored to your context. Whether you're a congregation, temple, mosque, meetinghouse, or spiritual center, DCG offers a respectful, experienced, and mission-aligned approach to real estate planning.

Turn Underutilized Church Property Into an Income-Generating Asset

Churches and faith-based organizations often face declining revenue. With today’s historic property values, land could be your most valuable resource. A realistic property assessment and insightful guidance can help you uncover its hidden potential, allowing your ministry to reach new heights. Our experienced real estate team will work with your church leadership and congregation, opening your eyes to opportunities to boost income, better manage expenses and risk, and ensure long-term stability while keeping your organization’s goals at heart. We’ll walk alongside you every step of the way, advocating for your interests throughout your journey.

Real Estate Brokerage Services for Faith-Based Organizations

Our full-service commercial real estate brokerage for churches and faith-based organizations takes a faithful approach to real estate, putting people before profits. We understand that sometimes, the highest bidder or lowest price may not be the right choice to advance your mission, offering custom-tailored services that reflect your values. Our world-class marketing includes a network of thousands of specialized faith-based buyers and total fee transparency. We’ll represent your interests when selling, buying, renting, or leasing, providing in-depth, realistic property estimates. We also offer financial consulting to help you leverage income to your organization’s benefit.

Strategic Property Planning Services for Churches and Faith-Based Organizations

We speak two languages: those of faith communities and commercial real estate. As stewards of the land, we help you understand your property’s true potential and find creative solutions to reach your current and future mission goals outside of tithes and offerings. Our comprehensive real estate planning services include:
  • Land use analysis, including “as is” and highest possible site values
  • Project feasibility studies to determine your best options for optimizing land value and community impact
  • Building, expanding, updating, and repairing church facilities and clergy housing
  • Rezoning, subdividing, and repurposing land for multi-family residential, retail, and mixed-use
  • Finding tenants for residential and community properties
  • On-site property and facility management services
  • Connecting you with the best contractors, suppliers, and industry experts to successfully achieve your goals
  • Scheduling and financial planning to ensure timely project completion within budget
  • Custom-tailored solutions to meet your organization’s unique needs
    •  Developing affordable workforce and community housing is one of our specialties. In partnership with the Glad Tidings Community Development Corporation, we’ve received generous grant funding from the San Francisco Foundation to host a series of conferences called “The Ministry of Housing.” These events help congregation leaders gain insight into all aspects of developing housing on property owned by houses of worship.

    DCG provides a variety of current and long-term planning services to help you create recurring income and realize your ministry, community, and budgetary goals:

    • Real estate portfolio and resource analyses
    • Matching available assets with unrealized potential
    • Market research and feasibility analyses to direct project concept development
    • Identification of needs, including infrastructure improvement, community service, and church programs that need support
    • Facilitating beneficial partnerships with other public/private entities with complementary interests
    • Navigating obstacles to achieving your property planning goals within organizational and government guidelines and regulations

    Communications Insight and Support Services for Churches and Faith-Based Organizations

    Our experienced team excels in fostering a united vision on church projects, ensuring all voices are valued. We know how to craft communications that engage church leadership, your congregation, and the community, providing messaging that overcomes uncertainty, illuminates proposed project benefits, and builds trust, paving the way for a positive journey and successful results. We respect the unique, collaborative approach of faith-based organizations, adapting our services to identify solutions that best reflect your values.

    Supporting Faith-Based Organizations Throughout California

    DCG Strategies has been a trusted partner of some of the largest, most established churches and faith-based organizations in California since 2005:
  • American Baptist Churches USA
  • Archdiocese of San Francisco
  • Calvary Baptist Church
  • Claremont School of Theology
  • The Episcopal Diocese of California
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  • New Hope Church of God in Christ
  • Presbytery of San Francisco
  • San Francisco Interfaith Council
  • Sierra Pacific Synod
  • Sisters of the Holy Family
  • Temple Beth Torah
  • United Church of Christ
  • The United Methodist Church
  • Vineyard

    • Find New Ways to Balance Money and Mission with Help from an Agency You Can Trust

    Rise to meet the challenges ahead, achieving a lasting community impact, with commercial real estate services for churches and faith-based organizations from DCG Strategies. Contact us at 925-479-1350 and discover new ways to optimize your property’s potential today.

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