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A multisite church model for Immanuel Christian Fellowship to thrive in the growing ministry

Cecilio A. Solito

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This research examines the necessity of a multisite church model for Immanuel Christian Fellowship to effectively reach and serve its eight congregations and future church plants. Despite the growing trend of multisite churches, limited attention has been given to smaller churches like Immanuel, which could also benefit from this model. The study investigates the Immanuel multisite church model, analyzing its advantages and challenges and proposing solutions for success within our context. The main leader of each of the eight congregations provided respondents for the study. Additionally, interviews were conducted with four expert pastors from multisite churches to offer further insights for comparison and learning. Using Qualitative Thematic Inductive In Vivo Analysis, the researcher followed a six-step process: familiarization, coding, generating themes, reviewing themes, defining and naming themes, and writing up. Primary data was collected through recorded 40-minute interviews structured around four questions, allowing respondents to share their thoughts and stories. Analysis revealed insights into perceptions of multisite models, highlighting variations in organizational structure, identity, and strategic support, with differing emphasis on preaching. Practical benefits such as convenience and shared resources, along with strategic strengths like unified discipleship and resource management, were identified. However, challenges in pastoral care, preaching, and organizational alignment were also noted. Proposed solutions included clarifying leadership roles, tailoring discipleship programs, implementing synchronized, solid sermons, enhancing communication, and establishing permanent places of worship. Additionally, maintaining organizational values, ensuring leadership alignment, nurturing constant communication, and balancing unity with autonomy were deemed crucial for success. The study concludes that the multisite model shows promise for effective ministry, provided that recommended solutions are considered and implemented. Immanuel leaders are reminded to address highlighted challenges by improving pastoral care and implementing solutions like synchronized, solid preaching, establishing permanent places of worship, and achieving leadership alignment. Drawing insights from experts like megachurch pastors, Immanuel may enhance the multisite church model by implementing four key solutions: maintaining organizational DNA, ensuring leadership alignment, maintaining constant communication, and balancing unity with autonomy. Future research is recommended to investigate the importance of synchronized, substantial sermons for success in multisite churches and to explore differences in pastoral care experiences between mega-multisite churches and smaller ones like Immanuel.

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Publish Year: 2024

Subject Index

KeywordsMultisite church, church planting, Qualitative Thematic Inductive In Vivo Analysis,

Degree AwardedMastre of Divinity

Awarding InstitutionAsia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary

Committee MembersMitchel Modine, Erlie B. Sagud, David Ackerman, Larry Bolinger

Supervisor or ChairWinston Reyes,

Peer Reviewed?Yes

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Capstone Projects are generally designed to encourage students to think critically, solve challenging problems, and develop skills such as oral communication, public speaking, research skills, media literacy, teamwork, planning, self-sufficiency, or goal setting—i.e., skills that will help prepare them for their careers. In most cases, the projects are also interdisciplinary, in the sense that they require students to apply skills or investigate issues across many different subject areas or domains of knowledge. Capstone projects also tend to encourage students to connect their projects to community issues or problems, and to integrate outside-of-school learning experiences, including activities such as interviews, scientific observations, or internships.