I am getting very excited about a multi-site roundtable discussion group that I am hosting next week. Myself and 6 other Lead Pastors from 4 different states will be getting together to discuss all of the ins and outs of going multi-site.
As I look ahead to the future of Foothills Community Church it seems very evident that adding new sites to begin new churches is the most strategic way of continually growing. Foothills has averaged around 35% growth per year for 9 years, which is amazing! As you know, we are constructing a larger facility to help accomodate continued growth. But the reality is even if we are able to reach 5,000 people on this campus, that still leaves alot of people who we are not reaching.
I mentioned in my message Sunday that in addition to people in South Carolina, we have people from North Carolina and Georgia that come to Foothills every weekend. There is no way that these people will be able to invite their neighbors. It's just too far to travel. But with the multi-site strategy, we can take Foothills to them!
Basically what we would be able to do is open new locations once we develop a core group of people in a new area. We would find a location to meet (a school, or movie theater), hire a campus Pastor, send some of our people to help and try to impact the area. (OK, it's a little more complicated than that, but you get the picture)
Over the next couple of months I will be trying to arrange meetings with churches who are currently successfully using this strategy to see what steps we need to be taking. I will give you updates as we progress.
I am so pumped about our future!!
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