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Episode Synopsis
By 2017, the Bishop of Wollongong suggested Soul Revival Church should think about becoming a multi-site church. That lead to the planting of a fourth gathering, the first off-site, in Woolooware. Joel and Stu chat through the finer details and what was learnt from the experiment.With Jai McMordie on board and a new gathering to plant, developments continued apace at Soul Revival Church. But with planting it's first gathering off-site, the church faced a number of challenges it had never experienced before. The lesson of planting with the 10 established service teams was learned, especially highlighted by the lack of Arts, Youth and Communications teams at the new gathering.04:06 - Where Soul Revival Church was in 201705:31 - Why off-site?06:48 - Working with other churches while church planting09:16 - Making the first steps10:31 - Jai McMordie12:11 - Putting the launch team together & greenhousing14:40 - Hub-and-spoke model16:43 - Using the 5Ls18:00 - Spread too thin?20:00 - The 4 most important service teams and what was missed24:25 - Woolooware gathering run through26:12 - Learnings from planting off-site36:08 - The future of Woolooware
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