Multi-Site = Multi-Opportunity

By Rick Langston,
Summit Associate Pastor & Cole Mill Campus Pastor

Becoming one of the first but growing number of churches using multiple locations has been a daily  adventure. Just learning to talk the language of multiple campuses is a challenge. Lets face it, we're all pretty location-centric. That means, where ever I am the most, gets most of my attention. So we have to keep revisiting the idea behind what we're doing if it's going to be worth it. "What did you say the purpose of this multi-campus thing was again?"

Reaching People.

Yeah, it's that simple. Each campus is a distinct congregation in a distinct area with its own opportunities to reach people with the Gospel. Our two campuses are 15-20 minutes apart. That means each of them is 15-20 minutes closer than the other to thousands of people. You might have to think about that for a moment, but its true.

The number of multi-campus churches is rapidly growing across the country. One phenomenon that's been seen is the opportunity these churches have to partner with other congregations. Some existing churches have found revitalization through these partnerships. Is this a possibility for the Summit? What does it even mean? We don't know. But, we're exploring some possibilities. We have talked with another church in Durham that is open to discussing how we might partner together to do what we started this whole thing for in the first place...

Reaching People.

Stay tuned. This ought to be fun.

Comments

[MJ]

Great Post Rick. It's amazing that a simple concept like partnering with other congregations, leveraging technology, etc. can energize the church at large to reach people.

MJ

[MikeMcD]

It makes be think of a lot of questions, but it sounds pretty exciting.