“We’re a multi-site church and we're trying to solve new leadership puzzles.”
In just a few short years, multi-site church has become a phenomenon in church planting and multiplication. With less than 100 churches operating in multi-site in the mid 90's to now thousands of mult-site churches in the U.S., this mission-driven method of church multiplication is a valuable tool for city-reaching.
There are many ways to approach multi-site ministry. MultipliCity equips church leadership teams in one of those approaches: the distributed, in-person teaching & leadership model.
Our coaching niche
While distributing video teaching and homogeneous programming proves effective in many settings, it creates difficult barriers in racially, culturally and economically diverse areas.
MultipliCity's team has expertise in a
distributed, in-person-teaching multi-site leadership model. This kind of approach works well in a diverse, urban setting, where leaders need cultural skills and local presence to communicate and lead effectively.
MultipliCity's team has years of experience in deploying leaders locally while keeping them connected to a cadre of leaders with a citywide vision. We have seen this approach to be urban-resilient.
One message, multiple teachers
A defining practice of the distributed, in-person-teaching and leadership model is shared message preparation. MultipliCity's team has tested practices for collaborating as a pastoral team on shared messages and teaching series.
Relationally-driven leadership
Maintaining a healthy, grounded and passionate leadership team while being heavily oriented toward risk and church planting requires strong relational bonds. MultipliCity's team of coaches has experience in relationally-based leadership that pursues big vision together over the long haul.
Multi-site Leadership Intensive:
We've found the most effective means of imparting this unique multi-site leadership model is by seeing it happen and then learning from a team with experience.
That's why we're creating the Multi-Site Leadership Intensive. This 2 day experience is designed for lead pastors or planters and their core 2-5 pastors/leaders.
In the intensive you'll receive coaching from Mark Jobe, lead pastor of New Life Community Church in Chicago. New Life has been a pioneer in multi-site church with 18 pastors and 14 years of multi-site leadership experience.