Multi-Site Church Roadtrip, A

by Geoff Surratt, Greg Ligon, and Warren Bird

• ISBN13: 9780310293941
• ISBN10: 0310293944
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

The multi-site church movement is reshaping the way we do church. But how does it actually work? And is it right for your church? Enjoy a guided tour of multi-site churches across America and see for yourself how churches are growing and reaching their communities. This companion to The Multi-Site Church Revolution gives you on-site pictures of the new and creative ways churches are expanding their impact through multiple locations.

Author Biography

Geoff Surratt is on the staff of Seacoast Church, a successful and high-visibility multi-site church. Geoff has twenty-seven years of ministry experience in churches. Along with his wife and two children, he lives in Charleston, South Carolina. He is coauthor of The Multi-Site Church Revolution and author of Ten Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing Greg Ligon serves as Vice President and Director of Multi-Site Church Leadership Communities for Leadership Network, which involves location visits to over 50 multi-site churches. A capable writer, he also coauthored The Multi-Site Church Revolution and is also Leadership Network's Publisher. He and his wife have two children and live in Dallas, Texas Warren Bird (PhD, Fordham University) serves as a primary researcher and writer for Leadership Network and has more than ten years of church staff and seminary teaching experience. He has collaboratively written twenty books, all on subjects of church health or church innovation. Warren and his wife live just outside of New York City

Table of Contents

Introducing the Roadtrip	p. 9
The Multi-Site Variety Pack	p. 20
The Church Planting Versus Campus Launch Dilemma	p. 33
Getting Multi-Site into your Genes	p. 41
You Want to Launch a Campus Where?	p. 56
Changing your Community One Campus at a Time	p. 73
Internet Campuses - Virtual or Real Reality?	p. 85
Fun with Technology	p. 101
Structure Morphing	p. 114
Going Global	p. 129
Shared Communicator	p. 146
Merger Campuses - No Longer a Bad Idea	p. 158
Two - or More - at Once	p. 173
Multiplied, Multiple Leaders	p. 186
Are you Sure this isn't a Sin?	p. 198
Grandchildren Already?	p. 209
Epilogue: Predictions of What's Next	p. 219
Acknowledgments	p. 223
Resources	p. 224
Job Descriptions of Campus Pastors	p. 225
Multi-Site Roadkill	p. 231
Discussion Questions	p. 233
Notes	p. 238
Subject Index	p. 240
Church Index	p. 245
About the Authors	p. 247
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