Multi-Site Churches Guidance for the Movement's Next Generation
by McConnell, Scott; Stetzer, EdFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-04-01
Publisher(s): B&H Books
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Summary
No, the multi-site church movement isn't about great real estate but rather being wherever the Great Commission of Jesus Christ is best fulfilled in the community by your congregation. For some churches-for a variety of reasons-that means adding one or more new meeting places. Others may think becoming a multi-site church is the right move when in fact it is not
Author Biography
Scott McConnell is associate director of LifeWay Research and has researched the needs and preferences of churches for ten years. He received a bachelor of science degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and lives with his wife and children in Nashville, Tennessee.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Why Multi-Site? | p. 5 |
| Advice from James MacDonald, pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel | p. 19 |
| The Pieces That Need to Come Together | p. 25 |
| Knowing Who You Are and What Matters | p. 49 |
| Decisions That Define Your Multi-Site Church | p. 67 |
| Advice from Dave Ferguson, lead pastor, Community Christian Church | p. 67 |
| Priority One: Finding the Leader | p. 89 |
| Advice from Geoff Surratt, pastor of ministries, Seacoast Church | p. 100 |
| Developing a Team of Leaders | p. 111 |
| Advice from Rick Rusaw, senior minister, LifeBridge Christian Church | p. 117 |
| Where Do You Launch? | p. 127 |
| Advice from Jimmie Davidson, senior pastor, Highlands Fellowship | p. 127 |
| How Do You Communicate Multi-Site Effectively? | p. 147 |
| Advice from Scott Chapman, copastor, The Chapel | p. 148 |
| What Has to Change within Your Staff? | p. 163 |
| Advice from Dino Rizzo, lead pastor, Healing Place Church | p. 174 |
| Leadership Development | p. 179 |
| Advice from Jon Ferguson, community pastor, Community Christian Church | p. 190 |
| Keeping the Sites Connected | p. 197 |
| Specific Types of New Sites | p. 213 |
| Advice from Warren Bird, director of research, Leadership Network | p. 219 |
| Epilogue | p. 235 |
| Notes | p. 237 |
| List of churches who participated in research, with Web site addresses | p. 238 |
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