MultiChurch

Brad House is the Executive Pastor of Ministry at Sojourn Community Church, a large multisite church with four locations in Louisville, Kentucky, and Southern Indiana. Brad oversees the multisite campuses and their pastors and is Chairman of the Board for Sojourn Network, a church planting network of over thirty churches. He is the author of Community: Taking Your Small Group Off Life Support.Gregg Allison (PhD) is Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky where he teaches systematic theology.  Previously he served on Cru staff at the University of Notre Dame and overseas in Italy and the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. He is a pastor of Sojourn Community Church, and is the theological strategist for Sojourn Network, a church planting network of about thirty churches. He is the author of Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine; Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church; and Roman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment.

Dr. Gregg Allison and Brad House have both helped shape my approach to ministry in unique ways. As the supervisor for my doctoral degree, Gregg pressed my theology of the church into consistent practice, and Brad taught me how to lead smaller communities in the context of a large, rapidly growing church. In MultiChurch, you will see the authors' respective complementary perspectives, as well as their distinctive theological and pastoral gifts on display. MultiChurch provides an excellent framework for continued discussion around the multisite church model, while maintaining a consistent doctrinal grounding in the discipline of ecclesiology. Finally, the book strikes a sound balance between helpful encouragement and honest critique of the ever-growing and changing landscape of church practice. I am convinced any leader in a multisite church will benefit from this book!

• Introduction: MultichurchSection 1: Understanding MultiChurchChapter 1: History of MultichurchChapter 2: Multichurch under InvestigationChapter 3: Foundations of MultichurchChapter 4: Models of MultichurchSection 2: Vision for MultiChurchChapter 5: Multichurch as a New Wine SkinChapter 6: MultimemberSection 3: Practice of MultiChurchChapter 7: Multichurch OrganizationChapter 8: Multichurch MinistryChapter 9: Multichurch Leadership DevelopmentChapter 10: Multichurch PolityChapter 11: Multichurch FinancesSection 4: Transition to MultiChurchChapter 12: Conclusions and Next Steps: Implementing Multichurch