Multiplying by Multi-Site
- Series: Church Planting
- by: Doug Swagerty 09/11/06
- Series: Church Planting
What Is a Multi-Site Church?
- A Single Church
- With Multiple Worship Services
- In Multiple Locations
Types of Multi-Site Churches
Different Models
- Same Campus, Multi-Venue
- Regional Multi-Site
- Extended Multi-Site
- Multi-Congregational & Multi-Site
- Live Speakers vs. Video Venues
Similarities in the Models:
- Oversight by One Board
- Live Worship
- Shared Resources
What’s the Attraction?
- A Creative Way to Manage Growth
- A Strategy for Reaching a Different Community
- A Cost-Effective Means to Maximize a Church Planter’s Gifts and Vision
San Diego Case Study
Harbor Presbyterian Church
Harbor’s Values & Vision
- Gospel-Centered
- Missional
- City-Positive
- Multi-Ethnic
- Multi-Cultural
- Multi-Congregational
- Multi-Site
- Ministry Mercies
- Changed Lives
San Diego Context
- Population: 1.3 Million
- Second Largest City in California
- Seventh Largest City in the United States
- Under-Churched:
- USA Average: 12 churches/10,000 people
- San Diego: 3 churches/10,000 people
- San Diego/Tijuana Border Crossing the World’s Busiest
Six Sites in Six Years
- Downtown: 2000
- La Jolla/UTC: 2001
- Carmel Valley: 2003
- Chula Vista: 2004
- Uptown: 2004
- Mira Mesa: 2005
The Harbor Structure: Multi-Congregational & Multi-Site
- Harbor is a “vine” (church) with several “peapods” (congregations), each with two or three “peas” (sites).
- Each church planter/pastor starts a peapod that is connected to the vine.
- The vine (one church) has oversight with one board, one corporation, one membership roll, and centralized accounting functions.
Multi-Site Advantages: Centralized Administration
One:
- Corporation
- Session
- Membership Roll
- Employer ID #
- Bank Account
- Insurance Carrier
Central Services
- Finances
- Bulletins
- Leases
- Insurances
- Taxes
- Personnel Issues
Multi-Site Advantages: De-Centralized Ministry
- Training of Small Group Leaders
- Training of Ministry Team Leaders
- Ministry Structure (Different Emphases)
- Separate Congregational/Site Budgets
Multi-Site Advantages: Centralized Leadership
One Session:
- Guardian of Vision
- Legal/Ecclesiastical Requirements
- Elders Do Not Represent Sites
- Officer Training Centralized
Multi-Site Advantages: Ongoing Training & Renewal
Pastor/Church Planter Meetings:
- Meet Each Month
- Morning: Alliance Church Planters
- Training Topics
- Sharing, Prayer & Personal Gospel Renewal
- Afternoon: Harbor Pastors
- Financial Reports
- Sermon Schedules
- Joint Projects
- Special Services
- Ministry Support
Multi-Site Advantages: Ministry Retreats
Semi-Annual Pastor Retreats:
- Personal Sharing
- Sermon Planning
- Long-Range Planning
- Ministry Discussions
Multi-Site Advantages: Value of Team Ministry
- Support for Spouses
- Internship Training
- Ongoing Mentoring
Multi-Site Advantages: Centralized Ministry
- “Big Church Ministries, Small Church Feel”
- Wide Variety of Mercy Ministries
- Regular Joint Services
- Good Friday
- Christmas Eve
- Vision Nights
- Church Planting Fund (10% of Offerings)
Summary of Multi-Site Benefits
- Unified vision and values.
- Big church ministries, small church feel
- Opportunity for growth in more than one community.
- Enables pastors/church planters to do the main thing instead of changing priorities.
- Unleashes gifts in the body.
- Shared costs, new/increased giving units.
- Allows for different worship styles.
- Trains and supports church planters and spouses.
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