How important is structure to the success of a church using a multi-site strategy?
Our experience at Community and through our NewThing churches is that there are structural shifts when going to two sites; when going to a fourth site and when going to a tenth site. Because of this we are finding that a lot of churches are going to two sites; not very many churches with three sites and there are a whole lot that are going to four sites and more. Why? I think it has to do with structure. Some churches that go to two sites do not think about structure and find it overwhelming and complicated and stop reproducing sites. While there are other churches that think through the structural changes that need to be made and continue to reproduce to three sites, four sites and beyond. Q: Community Christian does a great job of both planting churches and launching campuses. How do you distinguish between a church planter and a campus pastor? A: We really believe the same qualities need to be in place for a campus pastor or church planter. We want them to be entrepreneurial, have a
