5 THINGS I LEARNED ON THE BACKEND OF MULTISITE NO ONE IS TELLING YOU

Some things can't be figured out until you (or someone) does it. Well here's what you can learn and PLEASE listen to before you start

The overall structure has to be led, even pastored, not merely managed.

Many churches just fire and forget. Things go sideways and no one knows because it’s on a mythical autopilot. They have a Campus Pastor or other staff role “leading” them as a side hustle since “anyone can do it” but he’s too busy with his own show. These things aren’t as easy as churches assume. They see a snapshot on social media and hear anecdotal hype-filled reports at a conference and think it’s a simple copy-and-paste “model.”

The campuses as a whole have to be LED. Actively pastored. But most try to have a committee-led process of CP meetings with axe throwing for morale but that’s why they crap out. All the time. Another post for another day and what the day-to-day or regular operations look like for a multisite director role. Someone remind me to write that one.