Finding the Right Church Planting Model Part 6: The Multi-Site/Satellite Model

In our final installment in this series, we look at the attributes, strengths, and weaknesses of the Multi-Site/Satellite model.

In this series on church planting models, I've focused on church planting approaches that create autonomous churches. That's my bias—I prefer planting churches, and starting campuses is not the same as starting churches. There are missiological, theological, and historic reasons for that, and not enough time to address them all here.

I've been in favor of starting new sites, but have separated that from church planting. I still do, theologically, but I think that practically these approaches have much in common, particularly the Large Launch and Multi-Site, that we should include them in the list of models.

So, now we are talking about planting churches and planting campuses. Keep reading