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The Beginning of Multi-site

Innovation happens where passion meets constraints. At first, it's a strange concept, but we've found that when you're backed up against a wall, you come up with some of your most ingenious solutions. For us, being constrained by a budget and a growing congregation forced us to think about alternati...

Tips for Campus Pastors of Multi-site Churches

As an increasing number of churches move towards the multi-site model, this creates the need for more campus pastors. The tips shared in this video will help current and future campus pastors develop as leaders and communicators....

Lazy People Don’t Need Vision to Be Lazy

Churches who decide to go multi-site often do so by adding campuses in nearby cities. Sometimes, churches will promote these new locations to their attenders as a convenience: “Now you can get to church in half the time!” Those same churches are somewhat surprised when the evangelism temperature f...

Keeping Experiences Consistent Across Multiple Campuses

We believe that excellence honors God and inspires people. So as a multi-site church with more than 30 physical locations on a weekend, consistency and clarity must be the building blocks of excellence. For the most part, every service at Life.Church flows almost exactly the same at each locati...

Planting a New Campus with the Right Heart

If you lead an existing church or campus, and you hear that your church will be planting a new church, campus, or multi-site location, it can be hard to keep your heart right. You may feel like you're losing attenders, losing the tithe, or losing the cachet you alone had enjoyed in your town. We s...

Spirit-Led Instead of Model-Driven

Many pastors operate on certain models. There is the “seeker-sensitive” model, the “purpose-driven” model, the “emergent church” model, the “contemporary church” model, the “spirit-filled classic charismatic” model, the “small group” model, the “multi-site” model, the “missional inner-city” mod...

Several Speakers on One Weekend

Several times a year, Life.Church pastors and leaders 'team teach' with Pastor Craig. Team teaching allows you to take the baton from Pastor Craig and preach your own portion of the message. On Open, we provide flexibility for you to participate in team-teach or not. To participate, use the 'opening...

Does the Size of Your Church Matter? (Part 3)

One option for those who prefer small churches is to pray like crazy that you don’t reach new people, so your church will stay small–just the way you like it! Here are some more options: ●Start new churches. Instead of trying to bring people in, let’s send some people out. ●Start or parti...

Does the Size of Your Church Matter? (Part 4)

I love small businesses. I bought my only television from a local, small business. They delivered it, set it up, and called a week later to see how I liked it. Great service. I decided to get a second television so I could watch football while my kids watched whatever reality show they watch. S...

Multiple Sites, One Kids Ministry

Because Life.Church is truly one church that meets in multiple locations, we strive for consistency throughout our children’s experiences. Four values help us filter every choice we make: excellence, consistency, safety, and evangelism....

New Campuses and the 'Core Four'

When we launch a new campus, staff is one of the primary needs. To get a new campus going in the most efficient way possible, we start with a staff of four. We love people who can multi-task...