When the Fellowship Baptist Church congregation approached Place Architecture ( then McLaughlin Architecture ), they hoped to build a quality facility on a very austere budget. The unique design fulfilled the Pastor's wish for a contemporary and economically feasible structure that quietly says "we're a church," while staying true to an inviting campus concept which allows for future expansion. The church was also designed with the goal of utilizing natural daylight to create a well-lit and comfortable space. This use of light, which was important to the entire concept for the church, allows the building to "tell its own time." The strong visual statement inherent in rural churches in Montana has been continued in the design of simple, almost stark forms reflecting a close connection with the region. The Pastor of the congregation speaks of the site use and building as "near perfect" in terms of usable space, movement, and aesthetics. This building has been called "a little white church on the prairie of Montana" and McLaughlin Architecture won a 1990 Special Mention Design Award from the Montana A.I.A. for this project.