Should Your Church Go Multi-Site?
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Mon, July 11, 2005
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How healthy is your church?
Is your church growing? Is it a great gathering place for people to find their way to God, to be discipled, and to find a place of ministry? Are the members of your church excited about bringing family and friends? Launching a second site will not bring health to an ailing congregation; and frankly it's generally not a good idea for an unhealthy church to reproduce itself. If you're unhealthy, why export your disease? One great way to check the health of your church is to take the Natural Church Development assessment (http://www.ncd-international.org).
Is there a driving impetus behind your desire to go multi-site?
Every successful multi-site church we?ve talked with chose to open a second site because they saw no better option to fulfill God?s purpose for their church. For some their building was packed, they had run out of viable service times, and building a larger facility didn?t seem to be the answer. For others there was a sense of mission to go into the next city, the next county or across a cultural chasm they had been unable to cross. Still other churches had a strong desire to take the ministry of their church into the neighborhoods of the members. In each case, though, multi-site was not seen as just another program or strategy, but rather as a key component to fulfilling their God-inspired vision. Starting a second site without a compelling drive behind it is like trying to give birth without being pregnant.
Are key leaders behind the decision?
Going multi-site can stretch the budget, invite criticism from other churches, and make new demands on church leadership; therefore it is vital that the key leaders of the church be unified and enthusiastic about the decision to go multi-site to see success. While it is difficult to get 100 percent buy-in when moving in a new direction, if the senior leadership is not sold on the concept of doing church in multiple locations, it should be a major warning light.
What are your thoughts?
Geoff Surratt, one of the pastors at Seacoast Church has a great post on helping determine whether your church should consider adopting a multi-site format. Geoff writes: Expanding your church from one location to two or more is a move with a great deal of potential, but also tremendous risk. While the key criteria is, ?What is God saying for your church in your community?, we’ve found that the following three questions often determine the success or failure of a church launching a new location…
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