Small is the new Big: How multi-site can make you sticky www.chapel.org
They reached a crisis point where their church had grown large 3500 but they were not integrating them.
– People were not experiencing spiritual transformation; For them a key was seeing a healthy church as having two key things: Reflecting Jesus Connecting to the broader culture
Their 1st discovery: Practical Atheism -the idea that we can believe that God exists and simultaneously behave as if He did not.
-true of those they connected with on the outside AND true for the Christians in their church.
-Did not need two streams of communication anymore, but one specifically targeted toward those who were living this way.
2nd discovery: Excellence and kingdom impact of a large church but the closeness of a small church
-Wanted what a large church provided but loved how a small church felt Could multi-site be used a church health strategy?
Multi-site
-Gives the large church experience
–high-quality ministry experience;
–part of a huge kingdom vision;
-Gives the small church experience
–a spiritual mentor most noticeably found in a small group leader AND campus pastor
–The campus pastor becomes that shepherd that compliments the small group leader’s role
–feel like part of a church family
–attend in their community; a part of a church where people could invite their neighbors
And then I got called out….
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