One Church, Multiple Campuses (Part 4)

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More on our DNA:

  1. Purposeful
  2. One Church with Multiple Campuses
  3. Streamlined
  4. Focused: Core ministries include Worship, Small Groups, Children and Student Ministries and the P.E.A.C.E. Plan
  5. Multiplication
  6. Centrally Supported
  7. Reproducible Systems: We create and work with reproducible systems that are kept simple, can be adapted to different contexts and promote best practices leading to greater effectiveness in ministry.
  8. Gifts- and Team-driven: We seek to mobilize people to serve on teams in the areas of their spiritual giftedness.
  9. Biblically and Culturally Relevant: We seek to produce authentic disciples that live out their faith in all arenas of life by approaching ministry in a biblically and culturally relevant manner.
  10. People Over Building: The church is the people, not a building. Buildings serve the vision and mission.

Tomorrow I start addressing the Frequently Asked Questions about our multi-campus philosophy.

One Church, Multiple Campuses (Part 3)

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I'll get to the nitty gritty questions soon, but here are the principles and practices that make up our DNA.

  1. Purposeful
  2. One Church with Multiple Campuses
  3. Streamlined
  4. Focused: We have four core ministries that we seek to reproduce in all campuses. They are (a) Worship: Worship that is biblically and culturally relevant; (b) Small Groups: Small groups that focus on discipleship, community and mission; (c) Children and Student Ministries: Children and Student ministries that assist parents in making disciples and equip children and youth to reach out to others; and (d) The P.E.A.C.E. Plan: Local and global outreach of Planting churches, Equipping servant leaders, Assisting the poor, Caring for the sick and Educating the next generation.
  5. Multiplication: We seek to continually multiply at every level—individual, small group and congregation.
  6. Centrally Supported: We utilize central staff and resources to support core ministries on all campuses as a matter of effectiveness in our mission and the stewardship of people and material resources, while developing campus specific areas of ministry.

More to come tomorrow.