What's the Difference?

Why a church plant instead of a Multi-site?

There isn't any single clear answer here, other than to say that we believe God asked us to travel the church plant road instead of the multi-site road. Both Multi-sites and church plants have their strengths and weaknesses. Both are being used by God like crazy to reach people for the gospel.

The mantra of a multi-site church is, "One church in many locations." So CCC will eventually have a large number of 'sites' where they meet. (The first site was probably Access, eight years ago!) Each site will look different depending on its location. But the leadership of these sites remain the same. Same elders, same lessons, same vision, same DNA.

A church plant will need an entirely new set of all of these things. While both of these strategies pull people into leadership, a church plant allows for leadership at levels that are presently occupied at the sending church. In that way, they are natural leadership catalysts.

In the end, I think both endeavors fulfill the mandate to make disciples. There's far more in common with each other than different.