Multi-site / Multi-Venue
Some Definitions
Venue – A gathering of “like-minded” people with similar worship style preferences. A venue can have any number of people. The general thumb rule used by North Coast Church is that the room should be limited in size such that anyone can find someone they are looking for in less than 2 minutes.
Video Venue – A venue that incorporates the use of video for sermons. A live sermon is taped in one venue (or simulcast from) and then played in another venue. Typically, the sermon (message) is the same in all venues while the worship and use of multimedia is tailored to the style preferred by people at the venue.
Multi-site/Campus – One church offering services in more than one location (e.g. two different cities). Each site is considered a separate venue (e.g. two campuses are considered two different venues). Programming at the different sites may or may not be the same.
Multiple Venues – Offering people several different service venues to choose from for their weekend worship experience. Typically, venues target different worship style preferences. It is also possible to offer several of the same venues based on space issues. Multiple venues are similar to a multiplex movie theatre offering numerous different choices to the attendee. Venues can be live, simulcast, videotaped, or a combination of the above (i.e. the message may or may not be the same in each of the venues). Also, venues do not have to be collocated in one place (i.e. several campuses are multiple venues).
The following list of resources are from the pioneers of the multi-site / multi-venue movement.
The Multi-Site Church: Some of the strengths of this new life form byDave Ferguson
Multi-Site FAQs by New Life Christian Church
Video Venue Overview by new Life Christian Church
Church Planting Village Resources
Articles on Multi-site - from Church Video Venues
Multi-site Myths by Greg Surratt
Multi-site Lessons Learned by New Life Christian Church - coming soon
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