I’ve been in full-time ministry for 35 years. During that time I’ve served in a number of different roles such as a missionary, senior pastor, associate pastor and missions pastor. No matter what role I have been in, I am almost always leading a small group—sometimes more than one group. There are four reasons why […]
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Moving from Multisite Campus to Church Plant
In 2010 Jim & DeDe Wood launched a new campus of our church in Paxton, Illinois, a rural county seat town 30-miles north of our original church here in Urbana. On Easter of this year (2015) this vibrant campus moved out from under our larger church to become a church plant or independent church, Hope Vineyard […]
The Simple Key to Launching a New Multisite Campus Well
In the last four years our church has launched four new campuses. I feel like the fourth time we finally did it right, with our communication, support team, and systems working together well. The key to getting this right was one simple concept—weekly launch team meetings. I’ll explain what I mean by that in a […]
Where Should Your Church Start a New Campus?
If your church is getting serious about using a multisite strategy to reach more people for Christ, one of the first questions you’ll probably ask is, “Where should we start a new campus?” To answer that question I am going to outline three ways churches have picked places and then I’ll tell you our church’s […]
Three Reasons Your Church Should Go Multisite
Why do multisite church? Why should your church spend the time, effort and expense to launch new campuses in new locations? I want to share three key reasons, based on our church’s experience, why you should seriously consider using a multisite strategy. We began our multisite journey motivated by two facts. First, we learned that […]
What Does a Campus Pastor in a Multisite Church Do?
One question that a couple people have asked me recently is, “What does a campus pastor in a multisite church do?” I work with campus pastors weekly and was an interim campus pastor for a year, so I think I’ve got a fairly good handle on this. (The answer to this question will vary somewhat, […]
How to Launch a New Multisite Church Campus
Our church is launching its sixth campus later this month in Charleston, IL. Since we’ve done this a few times before, other churches are asking us how you launch a new multisite campus. Here’s how we do it. Identify a multisite pastor. Our church uses a very leader-centric strategy. We do not start new campuses […]