BLOG
Discover our latest blog posts and case studies
When Power Meets Kryptonite
When God blesses a (church) leader with a clear and compelling vision, they have been given access to a unique and unmatched power. *** Unfortunately, I am old enough to reminisce about the original “Adventures of Superman” created in the 1950s. (But proudly, I am...
How to Lead When You’re Not the Senior Leader
Leadership is more than just being the highest guy on the totem pole. Whether you’re a campus pastor, senior leader, or active volunteer, you can have a voice even when you’re not the one in charge. Here are some of our favorite articles with great ideas on...
All You Need to Know About Kids Ministry Ratios
In this vlog episode of Portable Hacks & Tips - we are doing a deep dive into thinking through ratios...How many kids to expect for your launch, how much space will you need for the kids and the number of workers/volunteers you will need to keep everything safe...
Portability, Cubic Volume and Equipment
If you are starting a church, there are so many things to consider you may not even know where to start... When purchasing equipment for your portable church, with all the financial pressures a church planter faces, it is easy to focus only on economics. In truth,...
Kids Ministry Security
Portability Hacks & Tips - How to Keep Your Kids Ministry Secure There is a peace that parents need to feel when it comes to leaving their children at church. You will want to create environments where parents want to leave their kids and where the kids don’t...
7 Key Factors to Help You Choose the Right Portable Church Equipment
Finding the right equipment for your portable church is no easy task! Space, storage and transportation are just a few of the factors that have to be taken into account. In addition, setting up and tearing down equipment every week can be a unique challenge. You...
63 Potential Spaces For Your Next Launch
Our new resource - The Ultimate List of Portable Church Venues - talks about all the different potential spaces you could use for your next campus launch or your church plant. We developed this resource in response to the question we get all the time - where should...
10 Bonus Benefits of Portability
What are the ten bonus benefits a church enjoys while portable? In our most recent resource, we talked about some of the kryptonite that multisite churches can face and how to handle all of those roadblocks. We also talk about how portability could be the...
7 Little-Known Advantages of Multisite Churches
The multisite movement has taken the world by storm! In fact, the multisite model has already multiplied and revitalized thousands of churches in the United States. And, this method has only increased in number since then. With that in mind, here are seven reasons...
Multisite Church – Power of Portability (Part 2)
Sustain Multisite Momentum In our last blog post, we talked about different ways to launch new multisite campuses and how we advocate for a healthy balance of these 5 different ways. Portability is an incredible and underused tool, however, we know that portability...
5 Ways to Launch New Campuses (Part 1)
After working with multisite churches for over 25 years, we have seen churches launch campuses a lot of different ways. We have found there are generally 5 main ways to do it - and they all come with a list of pros and cons. *Watch the entirety of...
Why Church. in a Box Might Be Right for You
5 reasons why you should consider Church. in a Box We often get calls from pastors who are saying they are wanting to launch soon or are on a tight budget and are not sure where to start. They are looking for a great system that they can get their hands-on fast....
Creating the Team & Establishing the Process
The way you treat your volunteers and the way they feel about serving will greatly impact the success, discipleship, spiritual formation, community impact and long-term growth of your church. The truth is, existing in a rented space is not the glass half empty...
The Kryptonite of Multisite Momentum
Sustaining Multisite Momentum When You Have a Big Vision "Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" "Look! Up in the sky!" "It's a bird!" "It's a plane!" "It's Superman!" This could be heard at...
The Benefits of Portable Church® Cases
Load in, load out, repeat. Rolling in and out of a rented facility on a weekly basis comes with the territory of being a portable church. And even though it may seem like a logistical nightmare at first, it really doesn’t have to be! Our cases have so many benefits...
How Portability is Setting Churches Free
This Fourth of July, churches across America will be celebrating and praying for the nation. It’s great to live in a free country, isn’t it? Well, did you know that your church can also enjoy greater freedom? Yes, that’s right! Portability can set your church...
Tips for Smart Portable Lighting – Part 3
How to find success with lighting in your portable church worship room. How does lighting apply to you and your church and what's important to think about? Because you need audio and video before you need lighting, it doesn't always get the credit it deserves....
Tips for Smart Portable Video – Part 2
Smart Portable Church AVL - Video Video is designed to enhance the audio of your worship experience; video helps make the audio experience better. And, since the spoken word is the most important piece of your worship experience, video acts to create interaction...
Celebrating 25 Years of Design & Innovation
As of this month, Portable Church® Industries (PCI) has been crafting innovative, intelligent effective mobile church systems for 25 years. Before the company started, the idea of having a worship service in a space that wasn’t a church building was not a...
Tips for Smart Portable Audio – Part 1
Smart Portable Church AVL - Audio Portable Church® is a design and build company providing full intelligent systems crafted around you visions, dreams and budgets for audio, video, lighting, kids, and community. This blog specifically addresses smart portable...
Vlog: Excellence in Portable Churches
Production excellence in portability While teaching at SXSW, our friend and Portable Church client, Carey Nieuwhof, recently wrote about 7 things he learned about how the world is changing (again). He goes on to put this into the perspective of the church. He says...
5 Ways Churches Can Bless Moms on Mother’s Day
Who doesn’t love Mother’s Day? It is the one designated day when we get to pamper our moms and try to thank them for just being so awesome! And it is almost that time of year again! Did you know that Mother’s Day is the third most likely day - after Easter and...
Vlog: 19 Things to Check Before Signing Your Church Rental Venue Contract
Being in the business of portability, there are a few things that we have picked up when it comes to working with and finding a great venue for your church plant or multisite church. In this Vlog we discuss in detail some the important things to go over before...
Fall Consultation FAQ’s
We've been talking to a lot of pastors lately who are launching, re-equipping or relaunching in the upcoming Fall Season. There's a few common questions we hear concerning portable church consultations, and we thought we'd address them here for you. What's the...
Brand New Video – Excellence in Portable Church® Environments
We believe the church is not a physical building, but it is people who fellowship together. The church is where lives change, where lost people become found, where darkness turns to light, and where ashes turn to beauty. Building the church is what God calls...
6 Things Portable Churches Are Thankful For
There’s probably a lot that church leaders like you can be thankful for - God’s faithfulness, the support of friends and family, a God-centered church community and the encouragement from like-minded leaders! However, an increasing number of churches across the...
Vlog: Effective Portable Church Signage
Today...we are talking about signage! Best Practices, the good, the bad, the products and materials...Everything that a portable church needs to know about signs. So, let's dive in! Have you ever walked through a municipal building, college campus or maybe even an...
Vlog: How to do Baptisms in a Portable Church
How to do baptism in a portable church. Favorite products for doing baptisms in a portable church. A horse trough is one of the most common ways we see churches do baptism. The good things about them is that you can dress them up a little with some...
Vlog: 6 Effective Principles of Portability
Principles of Portability There are hundreds of principles required to being a portable church and doing it well. In this Vlog episode we want to discuss 6 of the most important principles of portability. The first one is to consider the weight....
Vlog: Church Plant Timeline
How to plant a church in 12 months We worked with Jason Laird from Sozo Church, San Francisco to come up with a step by step timeline for launching a church. Being a church planter is not for the faint of heart and it takes a ton of courage, boldness, and stepping...
