Jessic Martinez: Multisite Church Movement Grows to 8,000 Sites; Study Shows Success Comes with Reaching More New Believers

Emerging trends for the multisite church movement, which now includes at least 8,000 sites throughout the U.S., include the findings that churches with multiple locations grow faster, have more lay-person participation, and reach more new believers than single-site churches, according to a study by the Leadership Network.

"More churches will continue to explore multisites, not as a tool for growth but as a means of taking the church to more people and taking a healthy church and reproducing it in other places," said Warren Bird, Director of Research and Intellectual Capital Development for Leadership Network, during a web seminar Wednesday.

By definition, a multisite congregation is one church meeting in two or more locations under one overall leadership and budget. Keep reading