Multisite 2016: What’s New and What’s Next?

When I started down the multisite path as a senior pastor in Colorado in the 1990s, multisite was a radical idea. In the first decade of the 21st century multisite became a cool idea among large, cutting-edge churches. By the second decade of this century multisite has become the mainstream idea among healthy, growing churches of all sizes.

This radical idea has spawned a movement of more than 5 million people attending one of the 5,000+ multisite churches across North America and it is not slowing down. This game-changing movement is comprised of nondenominational and denominational churches that gather in urban, suburban and rural communities. Here are some trends emerging out of this dynamic movement now in the middle of its third decade. Read More