Can a church of 100 people plant three new church campuses in one year? That’s what Sweetwater River Church will be doing in 2012. Located in San Diego, SRC is targeting three areas of San Diego- North Park, City Heights, and the College area.
Over the coming months, this blog will describe the process we are following in turning this vision into reality. Already, we have three church planters for these locations. One plant is in the small group stage, another is a bible study of 20- 25 people and the third is in the beginning stages.
If you are a small church leader with a heart to plant, I want to encourage you to listen to our story and to contribute to the conversation of church planting.
Currently, most multi-site church planting is being done by large churches. Even if every large church planted another campus (which many are doing), there is still a huge need for more churches. We are leveraging our size to our advantage. We are big enough to have a full range of ministries but small enough to have a highly relational environment. Planting other campuses is an extension of what we already do. If smaller churches participated in church planting, their numbers would far out pace the number of big church plants.
Coming Next: Vision (You Can’t Talk Too Much About It)
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