Presenting and Arguing for the Multi-site Church
Theological Defense of Multi-Site
By Gregg R. Allison | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010How strong are the biblical, theological, historical, and missional arguments used by advocates of multi-site churches?
A Pastor Defends His Multi-Site Church
By J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.25.2010Here is why we enthusiastically embrace the multi-site strategy as biblically sound, practically wise, and pastorally helpful.
Identifying and Locating the Multi-site Church
What Is this Thing, Anyway? A Multi-Site Taxonomy
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010Congregational? Presbyterian? Episcopalian? Presbygational? Conbypalian? Epigregyterian? I’ve heard them all (even made up a few myself).
“Its just as congregational as any other church,” some argue. “We have a meeting of the whole church every quarter.”
“No, it’s Presbyterian” others say. “You have a group of pastors that makes decisions for multiple congregations.”
Have We Ever Seen This Before? Multi-Site Precedents
By John Hammett | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010Much in the multi-site movement assumes and depends upon modern communication, ease of travel, and technology.
Clouds on the Horizon
By Matt Chandler | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.25.2010When we researched multi-site churches we had a hard time pinpointing concerns with it because in all the reading we did we rarely came across two churches that do it the same way.
Arguing Against the Multi-site Church
Exegetical Critique of Multi-Site: Disassembling the Church?
By Grant Gaines | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010Church structure may be secondary, but it remains important and a matter addressed in the Scriptures, which therefore requires Christian obedience.
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Theological Critique of Multi-Site: What Exactly Is a “Church”?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 09.30.2010What’s the difference between a church and three Christian friends throwing Frisbee at the local park?
Historical Critique of Multi-Site: Not Over My Dead Body
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010What could centuries-old arguments have to do with cutting-edge conversations like the one we’re trying to have about multi-site churches?
Nine Reasons I Don’t Like Multi-site Churches
By Thomas White | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010My fears of the multi-site church movement are not technological; they are principled.
The Alternative: Why Don’t We Plant?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010Christianity, by which I mean church membership, is a participatory sport, not a spectator sport.
Multi-site Book Reviews
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Book Review: Multi-Site Churches, by Scott McConnell
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 03.03.2010An appeal to pragmatic results in order to justify a practice undermines the authority and sufficiency of Scripture.
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Book Review: Franchising McChurch, by Thomas White and John Yeats
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 03.02.2010White and Yeats offer an alternative and excellent course for our generation. Yet I wonder if we still have the ability to recognize healthy food from junk food.
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Book Review: One Church, Many Congregations, by J. Timothy Ahlen and J. V. Thomas
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 03.03.2010Rather than criticize the book’s handling of Scripture and understanding of the church, let’s just get to the bottom line: should you read this book? No.
Miscellaneous Book Reviews
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Book Review: After the Baby Boomers, Robert Wuthnow
Review by Matt McCullough | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 03.02.2010You can either shape your ministry to address the needs and desires of young adults, or you can shape your prophetic challenge to the specific weaknesses of your context.
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Book Review: unChristian, by Dave Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons
Review by Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 03.03.2010Does Christianity have am “image problem”?
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Book Review: Kindled Fire, by Zack Eswine
Review by Kevin McFadden | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 03.02.2010Eswine has done us a great service by drawing together so much material on Spurgeon into one place.
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