The Multi-Site Church Revolution: Being One Church in Many Locations (Leadership Network Innovation Series, The)

By Greg Ligon, Warren Bird, Geoff Surratt

Book Overview

Fueled by a desire to reach people for Christ, a revolution is underway. Churches are growing beyond the limitations of a single service in one building. Expanding the traditional model, they are embracing the concept of one church with more than one site: multiple congregations sharing a common vision, budget, leadership, and board. Drawing from the examples of churches nationwide, The Multi-Site Church Revolution shows what healthy multi-site churches look like and what motivates congregations to make the change. Discover how your church can: - cast a vision for change - ensure a successful DNA transfer (vision and core values) to its new site - develop new leaders - fund new sites - adapt to structure and staffing change - use technology to support your worship services you'll identify the reasons churches succeed and how they overcome common snags. The Multi-Site Church Revolution offers guidance, insights, and specific action steps as well as appendixes with practical leadership resources and self-diagnostic tools. "I wholeheartedly recommend this book for any pastor or church leader who needs to know the pertinent issues, tested solutions, and real examples of multi-site strategies that are currently being deployed around the world." --Ed Young, senior pastor, Fellowship Church "The authors have done their homework. They have firsthand knowledge of the successes and failures of this movement, having been networking with and facilitating dialogue among churches across the country for years." --Max Lucado, senior minister, Oak Hills Church "Look no further than this book to propel your ministry to Ephesians 3:20 proportions: exceeding abundantly above all that you could ever ask or think " --Randy and Paula White, senior pastors, Without Walls International Church This book is part of the Leadership Network Innovation Series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310270154
• ISBN13: 9780310270157
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

A Master's degree in Multi-site

If you are a church leader even thinking about multi-site, are multi-site or want to know what multi-site is - you need this book. Geoff Surratt, Greg Ligon and Warren Bird have put togther a Master's Degree in multi-site in a readable and enjoyable book.

Must read for any church considering multi-site

Geoff Surratt and team provide an amazing resource for any church considering a multi-site strategy. This book is extremely informative, asks probing questions to help you think through why you want to go multi-site, how to do it, etc. They provide great tools to help you create timelines and budgets. It has been a fabulous resource to help my church start moving aggressively toward our vision to go multi-site. Before reading the book, I didn't know where to start. Since reading the book I feel like I have a much better understanding of the challenges and opportunities and I have a better idea of how to get our church moving towards this goal.

The Multi-Site Church Revolution is the Complete Package

The Multi-Site Church Revolution is the complete package! At just over 200 pages, it's packed with some really good back-story from churches where the idea is working. Equally helpful are examples of missteps in many of the model churches. Through the stories the authors effectively demonstrate that this is a strategy that is working in many different locations and in a variety of ways (Part One explores five different models). The section that I found most helpful was on Building Better Leaders. Along with a list of 10 very practical ideas for leadership development, you'll find a list of 8 questions that will help you spot new leaders. No matter where you are on the multi-site journey, figuring out how to identify and then build more and better leaders is an ongoing challenge. Another very helpful section is on the Secrets of Ongoing Replication. Organized around 7 thought-provoking questions, this chapter can serve as the basis for a very productive off-site for your team. If there is a weakness, it might be in the chapter on defining your church's DNA. Hitting the Sweet Spot contains some helpful nuggets but you'll need to turn to other resources as you seek clarity on "what is foundational and what stands at the periphery." All things considered this is a great new resource that will help advance the multi-site movement. If you're open to investigating a different solution, it could also open your eyes to new ways to advance the Kingdom. I highly recommend it.

Essential for a Pastor's Bookshelf

If you are a pastor and plan on growing your church past 150 people, put The Multi-Site Church Revolution on your list of books to read. this book explores the mechanics and the history of the multi-site church movement. It highlights five models for multi-site churches and gives valuable guidance for churches wanting to transition to more than one site. Most importantly, the book pulls from the years of experience of churches that have helped pioneer the multi-site church movement. I whole-heartedly recommend this book!

It is a Revolution

What a valuable resource for such a timely issue. There are many ways to tackle the multi-site issue and this book does a good job at breaking them down. It also has a number of highly helpful surveys that you can complete to help you determine if your church is ready to go multi-site and for the different steps involved in the process.