If you are a pastor and plan on growing your church past 150 people, put The Multi-Site Church Revolution on your list of books to read. Written by Geoff Surratt of Seacoast Church (Mount Pleasant, SC) and Greg Ligon and Warren Bird of Leadership Network, this book explores the mechanics and the history of the multi-site church movement. It highlights five models for multi-site churches and gives valuable guidance for churches wanting to transition to more than one site.

The book estimates that one-third of American churches could be successful multi-site churches. Your church may be one of them. Here is just a taste of what the book has to offer:

• The purpose of becoming a multi-site church is to make more and better disciples by bringing the church closer to where people are.
• The attitude motivating most multi-sites is relational. The desire is to do more than proclaim the gospel, establishing a presence and relationship as well.
• Finding, training, and deploying effective leaders are the keys to successfully building a church in more than one location.
• Remember that multi-site isn’t a vision by itself, but a vehicle to achieve the vision.
• Don’t underestimate the many contexts in which a multi-site approach can significantly help fulfill your church’s mission.
• Multi-site multiplies ministry exponentially because it maximizes seats at optimal attendance hours, and its return on investment in and money and people is far greater.

Most importantly, the book pulls from the years of experience of churches that have helped pioneer the multi-site church movement. Churches referenced include: Christ Fellowship (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) :: Community Christian Church (Naperville, IL) :: Fellowship Bible Church (Little Rock, AR) :: Fellowship Church (Grapevine, TX) :: LifeChurch.tv (Oklahoma City, OK) :: Mosaic (City of Industry, CA) :: National Community Church (Washington D.C.) :: North Coast Church (Vista, CA) :: North Point Community Church (Alpharetta, GA) :: Potter’s House (Dallas, TX) :: Saddleback Church (Lake Forest, CA) :: Seacoast Church (Mount Pleasant, SC) :: Second Baptist Church (Houston, TX) :: Southeast Christian Church (Louisville, KY) :: Willow Creek Community Church (South Barrington, IL) :: Without Walls International Church (Tampa, FL) :: World Changers Church International (College Park, GA) :: and about 40 other great churches

You can buy your copy at Amazon.com.