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Greg Surratt is the founding and Senior Pastor of Seacoast Church, which has 9 locations with 10 distinct venues in South Carolina and Georgia. Known for creativity and transparency, Seacoast Church – with original campus in a suburb of Charleston, SC, has grown to 7,500 in weekend attendance since its beginning in 1988. Over 3,000 people worship each weekend in an off-site campus. Originally presented at the Coast to Coast Multi-Site Conference (www.multi-site.org) at Seacoast in May 2006, Greg talks in this excerpt about why Seacoast decided to become one church in multiple locations.
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Written by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay, authors of The Tangible Kingdom.

AND brings you—whether you’re a mega-church, traditional, contemporary, or organic church leader—fresh encouragement to your ministry. By teaching you how to move beyond the attractional-missional divide and utilize insights from both perspectives, you’ll learn how to bring together the very best of the attractional and missional models for church ministry. AND is part of the Exponential Series.

From multiple locations to internet campuses, the multi-site church movement is changing the shape of the church. What is this rapidly expanding phenomenon all about? Experience the revolution for yourself and see why it has become the “new normal” for growing churches. A Multi-Site Church Roadtrip takes you on a tour of multi-site churches across America to see how they’re handling the opportunities and challenges raised by this dynamic organizational model.

Travel with tour guides Geoff Surratt, Greg Ligon, and Warren Bird, authors of The Multi-Site Church Revolution, on their engaging and humorous journey that shows creative ways churches of all kinds are expanding their impact through multiple locations. Hear the inside stories and learn about the latest developments. Find out firsthand how the churches in this book are broadening their options for evangelism, service, and outreach—while making better use of their ministry funds.

This 64-page glossy book with 104 diagrams and charts, 10 in-depth profiles of compelling trends and literally hundreds of facts and examples, is the single biggest compilation of ideas and insights about North American churches ever undertaken by Leadership Network. The project presents a unique catalog and analysis of today’s most promising church innovations.

Innovation 2007 is divided into four primary sections:

Snapshots ("Why churches need innovation") reports on the huge societal needs and challenges to which the church must respond. Quick, at-a-glance statistics and summaries reveal, for example, startling facts on poverty, AIDS and literacy—as well as telling trends in church attendance, giving and pastors’ use of their time.

Discoveries ("How churches use innovation") covers 10 crucial approaches to ministry that are extending the reach and changing the face of today’s church. Topics range from churches that are creatively addressing community healthcare to significant church-based recovery ministries. In each case, Innovation 2007 explores the hows, the whys and newly emerging models of ministry.

Commentary ("In-depth perspectives on innovative trends") analyzes two particularly significant trends in even greater detail. "Inside the American Megachurch," by Warren Bird and Scott Thumma (of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research), shows how megachurches differ from the picture assumed by many stereotypes. "What to Do with Talented People," by Robert Lewis (pastor-at-large of Little Rock’s Fellowship Bible Church and founder of Men’s Fraternity) discusses how an innovative "catch-and-release" approach to ministry can boost a church’s impact in a local community.

Resources ("Strategic readings about leading innovations") presents a host of materials readers can use to further their understanding of high priority topics. Coverage ranges from Leadership Network’s recent "Salary and Economic Outlook," to overviews of some 20 books and 39 helpful online resources.

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Listen to an interview with the authors.

A quick comparison of the basic staffing strategies of five multi-site churches. Who does the campus pastor report to? How are new staff found or recruited? These questions and more are illustrated through five specific examples.

An at-a-glance comparison of five different churches' models of transferring their DNA - the values and culture of the church - to new sites. Profiles of each church include comparison of their approaches, examples of a major DNA quality, and how leaders learn the DNA.

During late 2003 Leadership Network (www.leadnet.org) identified almost 1,000 churches across North America who are doing church in more than one location.

These included a wide variety of multi-site approaches such as:

· An on-premises additional venue, such as a live service with video sermon in the church gym.

· An off-premises satellite or branch or regional-campus location, such as a school or converted warehouse across town.

· A sponsored church, whether in the same community or halfway around the world, where the staff, style, or content comes from the parent campus, and where the church in turn identifies itself as a site of the parent campus.

The term multi-site covers any of these approaches, up to the point of starting a totally new church.

Usable email addresses were obtained from 659 of the churches which were invited to participate in an online survey. Of the more than 150 responses, this report and PowerPoint presentation record the most significant findings.