Churches without walls

New Church Planting

  By guest blogger Ronnie Higuera , church planter and pastor. Ronnie is part of a network of leaders planting churches across small towns and rural areas. Yesterday Bob posted about the way Canyon View Vineyard Church, a large church in Grand Junction, Colorado,...

Multi-site tip #10: What about the preaching?

Leadership

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. This is hands-down the most contentious issue for multi-site...

Multi-site tip #9: Pre-think the staffing structure

Leadership

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. Consider staffing structure before you hire. What positions...

Multi-site tip #8: Emphasize multiplication over size

Leadership

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. Emphasize multiplication. Depending on how it’s done,...

Multi-site tip #7: Get comfortable with repetition

Leadership

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. Communicate your expectations—and the vision—over and over...

Multi-site tip #6: Think about the money in advance

Leadership

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. What’s one of the biggest issues of contention in both...

Multi-site tip #5: Localizing small groups

Group Life, Leadership

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. I know some multi-site churches may handle this differently,...

Multi-site tip #4: Planning ahead

Leadership

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. If you’re going to do multi-site church well, you’ll need to...