What is the difference between a church plant and an additional campus in the Harvest model?
The Harvest Bible Fellowship plants autonomous local churches all over the world. But mature Harvest churches may choose to open an additional campus in a nearby city as a way of expanding their own ministry. In this event the campus is under the authority of the elders of the church that opened it, and is considered part of the same church. For instance, the original Harvest Bible Chapel has five campuses: Rolling Meadows, Elgin, Niles, Crystal Lake, and Wicker Park. These campuses have one senior pastor and one elder board, and are considered one church with five campuses.
