TUESDAY TALK - February 3 and 10

We spent 2 weeks in Bloomington-Normal unpacking the idea of "WHY Multisite?". Here's a brief overview of those Tuesday nights.


Week #1 - We looked at the VISION of our church.

Proverbs 29:18
•KJV - Where there is no vision, the people perish…•ESV – Where there is no prophetic vision the people are discouraged…•MSG - If people can’t see what God is doing,  they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.

…a vision revealed and realized

"More Stories from more people in more places!"

How are the Waters and others beginning to pray? 

Not that we'd be just another CAMPUS but that we'd actually create a new NETWORK of churches. That we'd be a campus that plants more churches and campuses just like Urbana has.

PART #1 Key Thought:

We’ve been given an incredible vision. Begin asking yourselves, “what’s my role” and we believe God will do amazing things through you!

Week #2What is the NT model for a multi-site church… actually might be more Biblical than church-planting is.


NT MODEL

Acts 15:40-41 but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Acts 16:4-5 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.

NT LEtters

1Timothy 3:14-15 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

Ephesians 6:21-22 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.

ONE CHURCH IN MANY LOCATIONS

Church Plants Characteristics

•Independent

•Prayers of the local body

•One person’s revelation

•Single vision

•Financial uncertainty

•What can I/we develop?

Multi-Site Campus Characteristics

•Dependent on larger body

•Spiritual covering

•Multiple voices revealing God’s heart

•Part of a larger vision

•Financial backing

•Programs/resources supplied

Part 2 - Key Thought:

Not only is a multi-site church actually closer to the Biblical model found in the New Testament, but it actually makes doing church & life together a little easier.