“It’s sort of like saying we’re not going to take the time to mentor and train and raise up other really effective communicators. We’re going to take our best communicators and just multiply that by campuses [aided] by video screens” - Christian Post
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
Why many multisite churches are now moving toward autonomous congregations
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NewLots of reasons
You’ve got leadership development, along with 1:1 discipleship, counseling, and quite frankly legal liability taking down an entire denomination as reasons to do this. Not that a multisite church cannot overcome these (except legal liability), but I’d argue they need to be even more intentional to do so.
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