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May
23, 2006 | Issue #26 |
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Leadership
Network Advance talked with co-authors Geoff Surratt,
Greg Ligon and Warren Bird about their new book, The
Multi-Site Church Revolution: Being One Church in Many
Locations, part of the Leadership Network Innovation
Series from Zondervan.
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Why
did you write this book?
Warren: At every church conference we
attended, no matter the topic, the hallway conversations
were about the idea of becoming one church with
more than one campus.
Greg: We felt called to create a resource
that would communicate what God is doing through
an entire movement--not just one style, size
or location of church.
What do you say that's new?
Geoff: This is the first book to document
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explosion
of multi-site churches in America and to offer practical
steps any church can take to become "one church
in many locations."
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What
have you learned about the multi-site church movement?
Greg: Use of a multi-site strategy for doing
ministry creates great potential for leveraging people
and money, and it results in changed lives. It can work
in almost any setting. Another exciting development
is the creation of innovative, collaborative partnerships
between churches and businesses, non-profit agencies
and pretty much any entity that has a facility not being
used during prime worship times on Sunday morning.
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Surratt, Greg Ligon,
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Warren:
The idea of the campus pastor--the "face
with the place" for a particular site,
who is truly a pastor to the group--is essential
for multi-site success.
How are church leaders
grasping the concept of multi-site?
Greg: One of the great "ah-has,"
or turning points for most leaders, is
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the
understanding of multi-site's breadth and depth. At
its best. . .
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Present
Future Workshops Address "Six Tough Questions"
Fuller Theological Seminary, in cooperation with
co-hosting churches on the West coast, is sponsoring
The Present Future Workshop: Tackling Six Tough
Questions for the Church with author Dr. Reggie
McNeal. Based on McNeal's book, The Present
Future, the workshops are presented around
six crucial issues that are facing the U.S. church
today. . . |
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Hispanics
Lead U.S. Population Growth
Minorities are coming closer to becoming a majority
in the United States, with Hispanics as the fastest-growing
group, according to Census Bureau statistics released
recently.
Hispanics born as American citizens accounted
for more than a third of the population increase
in 2005. Hispanics are the largest minority group
at 42.7 million. Blacks represented the second-largest
minority group, with 39.7 million people. They
are followed by Asians (14.4 million), American
Indians and Alaska natives (4.5 million), and
native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders (990,000).
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Canadians
Put Faith in God, Skip Church
Church attendance continues to decline in Canada,
but religious beliefs among Canadians remain as
strong as they were a decade ago, according to
an Ipsos
Reid poll conducted during April 2006.
Six in ten Canadians believe that "through
the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, God
provided the way for the forgiveness of sins,"
but only 17% reported regular church attendance
of at least once a week--a dip of 4% over the
last decade.
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