Factor 2: The Multisite Church Revolution.
All of these technological breakthroughs have had a profound impact on how we build and utilize church facilities today, and laid the foundation for the multisite church revolution—taking church to the people!
In the last quarter of the 20th century, growing churches had only one option—expand through buying more land and building larger facilities.
Many of these churches became megachurches of 2,000+ people in weekend attendance through a series of steps. These churches bought large tracts of land in suburban communities and built large worship centers with corresponding children, youth and parking space. They added multiple worship services on multiple days (Saturdays and Sundays).
Eventually, many of these churches became landlocked or restricted by zoning laws that prevented further expansion on their campus. To accommodate and accelerate growth, they created closed-circuit television overflow rooms in fellowship halls, gymnasiums, chapels and student centers on the church campus.
With the advent of digital technology, these eventually evolved into high quality video venues. It was inevitable that these video venues on campus would evolve into video venues off campus, giving birth to the multisite church revolution.
Now, churches have an alternative to buying land and building bigger buildings in one location, they can grow through multiple locations. They don’t have to put all their resources into one location.
Shift: The multisite revolution liberated churches from overbuilding unsustainable megacampuses.
