Highland Crest Baptist will build new Green Bay church | Exclusive
Highland Crest Baptist Church will move from its Lombardi Avenue home of nearly 70 years to a new, larger church off South Military Avenue by the end of 2027. The congregation in October completed a land swap with developer Tim Kuehn that saw it purchase the 5.8-acre property at 1577 Langlade Ave. for $2.1 million. The site includes a property off Argonne Drive, too. The future church site is bounded by Langlade Avenue to the north, South Military Avenue to the east, Biemeret Street to the south and Argonne Drive to the west. Bill Czaja, Highland Crest's minister of administration, said the congregation, broader faith community and community leaders aligned to make the relocation possible. "It feels like God is allow us the opportunity to relocate," Czaja said. The new site gives Highland Crest the space to build a larger church that includes a two-story education wing, a gymnasium/multifunction space, dedicated kitchen, offices, a sanctuary that can seat almost 500, a more intimate chapel space and more. Highland Crest already does a lot of those activities, but they sometimes compete for the limited space in the existing church campus. The church's main sanctuary, for example, also doubles as the congregation's