In 1998, Grace Chapel of Englewood, Colorado embarked on a church planting process.  Rick White was part of Grace’s church planting committee, and while Mr. White followed the process through, he recognized the impossible mission that most “sandwich board” churches face when it comes to building a new facility. 

A sandwich board church is a start up or church plant that worships in rented space.  The space usually is located in a school building auditorium / gymnasium, but may also be in a car dealership show room, large retail show rooms, movie theater or other areas where temporary sanctuaries can be erected on Sunday mornings, then quickly torn down for the intended use the rest of the week.  The church then places numerous “sandwich boards” around the temporary facility to attract passersby to the church; thus the name sandwich board churches.

While the temporary facility allows the church to get a nucleus of families to attend, many falter and die due to lack of contiguous classrooms, office space, recreational facilities, etc. that all contribute to a well rounded, synchronized church home.  Set up and tear down each Sunday also becomes a cumbersome task.  Weekday choir practice, AWANA, Bible study, prayer groups and other functions have no real place to meet and grow since the facility is usually only available on Sunday mornings. 

In order to help these new churches, Rick White and his wife Jane, along with their two sons Daniel and Jason, decided that they would contribute part of their real estate holdings to start a support foundation.

Grace Chapel's vision to plant a church in Castle Rock began with a small core of members. Tom Wilkens was called to be their pastor. After meeting at Grace Chapel Englewood for a year, the congregation of Grace Chapel – Castle Rock (http://www.gc-cr.org) moved to South Elementary School in July 2000

Though property for the new church was donated, the small, yet growing congregation still faced financial hurdles prior to breaking ground in February 2002. The congregation is now very pleased to be meeting in their own sanctuary.

Rick and Jane White have experienced the many challenges facing a new congregation. God has placed on their hearts the desire and ability to form the Agur Foundation, with the sole purpose of assisting growing congregations so they may realize their dreams of owning their own facility to further God's kingdom here on earth.

In 2002, Agur Foundation was formed. In 2004, Agur Foundation received its 501c(3) tax exempt status from the Federal Government and the State of Colorado.