This blog entry is part of a series of reflections on the multi-site model of church. After the whole series has been posted, you can do a search for multi-site within the blog to pull up the whole series. For multi-site to work, the sites need to be geographically...
Lately I’ve been revisiting the issue of multi-site churches. A multi-site church is loosely defined as “one church that meets in multiple locations” or “one church–many congregations.” My first encounter with multi-site churches was in Denmark 20 years ago. I...
I recently had a conversation with a pastor who was discouraged with the progress his church was making. He felt like things were going at a snail’s pace and nothing was getting done. He just couldn’t seem to get all the pieces moving forward at once. Eventually he...
Barn raising commonly took place in early rural America, when neighbors, families, and friends joined together to build a barn in one day. This fun event was almost like a party– a break from everyone’s regular daily routine. Typically the barn raising began...
I just finished reading a biography of Steve Jobs. The basic summary? He was clearly a genius and clearly a jerk. He had a binary view of the world: something was either wonderful or it was garbage (not the actual words he used). What a contrast. On the one hand, we...
I was recently doing a consultation with a group that was working on their leadership development process. One of the key people there was a strong intuitive leader. When it came time for him to verbally express what he was doing in this area, it became apparent that...
