Strengthening a team leadership approach to the multi-site church model

Life360 Church is a multi-site church of the Assemblies of God located in the Springfield, Missouri metro area. Serving as the lead pastor of Life360 Church since 2003, I have the privilege of being a part of the team that pastors the church's seven campuses. The congregations have their own site pastors, who collectively serve on the church's site pastor team. I have taken the Life360 Church leadership through a transition process over the last six years, moving the church from a hierarchical approach of leadership to a team approach of leadership.;The impact of this project to ministry is substantial in the life of the church, the development of the lead pastor, and the formation of the team model for multi-site churches. This project has transformed Life360 church, both physically in the number of campuses and culturally in the mindset of the leadership and congregations. The implementation of this project has been the single greatest agent of change in the life and ministry of this pastor. For other pastors looking into a similar project, the implications are revolutionary. For this reason, I believe this project has implications for and contributions to the larger church leadership community. In this project, leaders can find another viable option for the structure of a multi-site church and the personal leadership model of the lead pastor. The team model approach is biblical and life-giving, and provides the highest and best representation of the Body of Christ functioning in the New Testament ideal. The implications for growing the Kingdom of God are immense.