Comments on: Can any church go multi-site?

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[...] Morgan interviews Geoff Surratt and Jim Tomberlin regarding trends amongst multi-site [...]

By: tony morgan

tony morgan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:10:42 +0000

randy, i think you missed my point. i don’t care what you want to call it. if you want to call multi-site “mini-denominations”, that’s fine. labels are unimportant as long as more people are entering into a relationship with Jesus, growing in their faith and impacting the people and the communities around them.

tony

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:46:40 +0000

Yes, I think it is important to mention because I think its important to be truthful and consistent in life. One of the characteristics of the modern day American McChurch is their deep aversion to denominational ties, yet they seem so quick to embrace the multi-site approach. So what is the difference between a mini-denomination and a multi-site McChurch other than the fact that denominations can be much less personality driven compared to the multi site McChurch which is typically built around a rock star preacher ? Would it be more palatable if we called it franchising rather than mini-denominations?

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If it’s an Internet campus, is it still church? | TonyMorganLive.com — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:21:01 +0000

[...] week’s focus is on multi-site strategy. One of the trends that both Jim and Geoff mentioned was the rise of Internet campuses. With that, I thought I’d pursue an [...]

By: tony morgan

tony morgan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:45:17 +0000

when it starts declining? :-)

does it matter as long as the church is helping more people take their next steps toward Christ?

tony

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:39:05 +0000

At what point does a multi site church become a mini denomination?

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:03:14 +0000

i love the rural churches in the sticks notion…i’m work with a ministry that has 2 sites…it’s crazy.

By: Sam Jessup

Sam Jessup — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:01:32 +0000

I think Jim’s comment regarding;
“under-estimating how going multi-site will change how you think and do church.”
…is both compelling and unsatisfying. We recently launched our own video venue in anticipation of the multi-site strategy. While we know what he says is true, I would love to know what he means when he says this. What problems we can anticipate. Any chance of a follow up?

By: Sanford Levings

Sanford Levings — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:47:50 +0000

I work at North Point Ministries under David McDaniel. check out his blog posts on multi-site vs. plants. i think there could be some worthwhile information sharing.

http://dmcdaniel.wordpress.com/

By: Mike Filicicchia

Mike Filicicchia — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:36:05 +0000

This is great stuff, Tony. I once heard Craig Groeschel say that sometimes church-planting is the best option, and in other scenarios, going multi-site is clearly the better option; both are necessary. But he didn’t go into more detail about what kind of scenarios lend themselves to either.

Do you think you could address this question? I’ve never heard it talked about before and would love to hear your thoughts on when to plant and when to add a site. Thanks!