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Weekly small groups hurt your new campus.

Weekly small groups hurt your new campus.

Provocative title today. Maybe triggering. But here's my logic and how to scale in an orderly and predictable fashion without self-sabotage.

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May 02, 2024
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Small groups (or any form of what you call “community” in a systematized or structured way) are important…

At. Some. Point.

But I’d argue they sabotage your goal and intent when pushed too hard too early.

When you launch a new campus you don’t simply copy and past everything from the main location over to the new one. There’s a sequence to the build out. This sequence, while custom for each church, is where I think the vast majority shoot themselves in the foot. They don’t see this as a progression or a build but a simple stamp-and-hope endeavor.

And groups is a key offender since so many consider them absolutely ‘essential’ to growth and/or health. Why? The people on your team have a life.

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