Stu Hodges SEND (MultiSite)

Stu Hodges: is the Pastor of Water's Edge Church and is very passionate about the MultiSite Church.

Stu believes it is the most effective and efficient means of moving the church forward beyond anything we have discovered.

The Case For MultiSite:

• About 5000 current, 1650 mega churches
• 6million people attend multisite church
• 75 of 100 largest churches in North America are Multi Site
• 62 of 100 fastest growing churches are multisite
• Average church goes multi site at 850
• 360 is the average multi site campus attendance
• 1 in 3 multi sites are result of merger
• 1 in 10 have internet campus
• Only half utilize video
• About 15% of multi site churches have 4 or more geographic locations
• Majority are within 30 minute drive
• Multisite campuses have a 90% success rate!!
• Campuses are reporting more growth, baptisms, salvations and volunteers
• Multisite campuses usually becomes self sustaining financial 1-3 years
• Multi-site is the new normal

Practical Thoughts:

Utilizes the platform from LifeChurch.tv for their online campus.  Its completely free!

Multi-Site Changes everything!!  If it doesn't, your not doing it correctly!

• Only 10% of multi-site churches fail, one main reason they fail, is because sending campus doesn't change and adjust to include the receiving campus.

Multisite Is Not For Everyone:

1) Are you System and Process Oriented?

2) Is your strategy simple and reproducible?

Craig Groshel "What we do at one, we do at all, if we can't, we kill it"

3) Are you willing to release control?

4) Is momentum on your side?  -- If your not growing, don't do it.

5) Can you make the financial investment?

Waters Edge opens a campus with 4 staff:  (pastor, worship, kids, volunteers)

6) Are you raising up leaders?

7) How strong is your brand? -- What are the things that you HAVE to reproduce?

The Campus Pastor is the Key:

These are the leaders who own the vision of the church.  They are absolutely essential!

Multisite takes men and women and increases their leadership capacity.

Video Teaching Works:

Most people don't care....in Stu's experience, more people have responded via video then even when its live!!

Multisite is Financially Efficient:

Many of our costs can be a shared cost!

Multisite = Growth

Numerically, financially, makes it easier to invite people, leadership, reproduces leaders, spiritual growth (its not about me mentality)