Comments on: Multiple-site Church Phenomenon and Video http://www.lofitribe.com/2007/04/09/multiple-site-church-phenomenon-and-video/ A virtual notebook of Christian expression, journey, and study. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Shawn http://www.lofitribe.com/2007/04/09/multiple-site-church-phenomenon-and-video/#comment-3815 Shawn Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:10:19 +0000 http://www.lofitribe.com/2007/04/09/multiple-site-church-phenomenon-and-video/#comment-3815 I'm intrigued by the idea of multiple site church facilitated by one administrative and pastoral team. I think there is huge potential in the model. Too, I think an already existing church could grown by leaps and bound by taking this approach. It's like small groups ... on a macro level, so to speak. You are spot on in that last paragraph. Faithfulness to God and obedient heart are key. I’m intrigued by the idea of multiple site church facilitated by one administrative and pastoral team. I think there is huge potential in the model. Too, I think an already existing church could grown by leaps and bound by taking this approach. It’s like small groups … on a macro level, so to speak.

You are spot on in that last paragraph. Faithfulness to God and obedient heart are key.

]]> By: Scott http://www.lofitribe.com/2007/04/09/multiple-site-church-phenomenon-and-video/#comment-3805 Scott Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:11:58 +0000 http://www.lofitribe.com/2007/04/09/multiple-site-church-phenomenon-and-video/#comment-3805 One of our elders recently went to a multi-site church planting conference in San Diego. The church that hosts it has multiple sites of no more than 150 members. They share administrative staff and leadership, but there is physical preaching from the pulpit each Sunday morning (no video). Where that pulpit may be varies depending on the location...school, movie theater, SDA church, etc. They don't own any land or buildings, in part because of the cost associated with it (esp. on the west coast) and partly by design. It has a tendency to push the church into the homes (a good thing), but I wonder if it also results in a lack of cohesiveness for the body. That is, does their 150 member church, similar in size to ours, feel as much like a family? Also, one of the criticisms I heard was that their elders are spread across all sites, which effectively makes them more like adminstrators and less like shepards of the flock. Anyway, we've been looking into the multi-site concept as a way to plant churches in rural (read: oft neglected) north Georgia, since starting a church outside of a major urban/suburban area and without much money goes against most church planting models. We're of the mindset that all you need to plant a church is a faithful God and an obedient heart. One of our elders recently went to a multi-site church planting conference in San Diego. The church that hosts it has multiple sites of no more than 150 members. They share administrative staff and leadership, but there is physical preaching from the pulpit each Sunday morning (no video). Where that pulpit may be varies depending on the location…school, movie theater, SDA church, etc. They don’t own any land or buildings, in part because of the cost associated with it (esp. on the west coast) and partly by design. It has a tendency to push the church into the homes (a good thing), but I wonder if it also results in a lack of cohesiveness for the body. That is, does their 150 member church, similar in size to ours, feel as much like a family? Also, one of the criticisms I heard was that their elders are spread across all sites, which effectively makes them more like adminstrators and less like shepards of the flock.

Anyway, we’ve been looking into the multi-site concept as a way to plant churches in rural (read: oft neglected) north Georgia, since starting a church outside of a major urban/suburban area and without much money goes against most church planting models. We’re of the mindset that all you need to plant a church is a faithful God and an obedient heart.

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