Equipping Leaders To Multiply

Take a Look Inside the Seacoast Skybox

Many people may not realize this but while I work for Seacoast Church, I actually do not work for any one of the Seacoast campuses.  I serve in what we call Central Support. Central Support serves all our campuses by providing support, resources and training.  One of the questions we get on occasion is: How do you guys know what’s going on at all 13 of your campuses?  Well there are many ways we do…Continue Reading

A Collaborative Conversation

Two weeks ago I announced a new social networking community for multi-site leaders called Leading Multi-site.  Well after only two weeks the site now has over 300 members from 140 different churches.  The response has been overwhelming. Here are three things that have surprised me: The level of conversation taking place.  The members have started over 30 discussion forums with over 130 comments in less than two weeks. There are churches from six different countries who have…Continue Reading

A New Multi-site Site

What started as an odd little movement has now exploded into an all out church growth strategy.  I’m talking about Multi-site ministry.  If you’re not familiar with multi-site go to this wikipedia link to get up to speed.  Multi-site churches use video or satellite feeds from their original campus to send the weekend message to other locations, enabling churches to expand their reach far beyond what was previously possible.  According to Todd Rhoades of Monday Morning Insight,…Continue Reading

The Power of Celebration

In yesterdays post I shared about my recent experience at Crossroads Church in Freeport, IL.  On Sunday night I spoke at their Leadership Rally which was followed by a night of worship.  At the worship service they showed the following video.  The crowd errupted in cheers and applause…they were witnessing what God was doing through their church.  Freeport from Maclake on Vimeo. What is God doing that you need to celebrate?  Are you sharing the wins…Continue Reading