I am meeting with the elders for two days this week to cover a range of topics - all relevant to life at King's. Top of our agenda will be planning towards a 4th Sunday meeting. Please pray for us as we consider this and other important issues that will impact the future of our church.
King's Church is building on momentum! I remember being in conversations with Steve before they went to two meetings, and the agonies of organization and ministry philosophy that step took. Recently King's went to three meetings and now are planning for a fourth.
It will be great if Steve and the guys pull this off successfully - it will raise the lid for the rest of us. Then it is only a matter of time before someone successfully raises the lid in going from multi-service to multi-site. I 'prophesied' this over Steve two years ago, at which time he was somewhat sceptical about the idea - but its going to happen. You heard it here first!
For a number of years the great trumpet call for many churches (I'm writing from a Newfrontiers perspective here) was to obtain a warehouse type building that could accommodate 1,000+ people. Some churches have successfully done this, but the cold reality that in the south of the UK this kind of project represents an investment of £5-10 million means that, if for no other reason than cost, going multi-service and multi-site is a much more realistic option.
The danger now is that just as many people were chasing after 1,000 seater venues even though their circumstances and levels of leadership gift meant this was always a pipe-dream, equally large numbers could jump on the 'multi' model when they are not actually ready for it. King's is going multi on the back of momentum - consistent year on year growth over many years. Multiplication needs to come from a position of strength, and not simply multiply weakness.
Go King's!
(BTW, Steve is currently posting a helpful series on leading through the financial crisis)
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