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Principles of Portability – #6 Breaking Down Invisible Barriers
Being a portable church presents challenges that a permanent venue often doesn’t have. However it also creates SO MANY other good possibilities that permanent churches don’t have. As we wrap up the last of this 6 week series on Principles of Portability, we hope...
Principles of Portability – #5 Volunteers are your most valuable asset
3 surprising key learnings from 26+ years of portability! The first church plant I was a part of as a leader, I gave an outpouring of encouragement, handed out nice gifts of appreciation, and threw grand celebration meals/events. I certainly thought I was valuing...
Why Flex Space For the Church
GOING FORWARD CHANGE is the trend and FLEXIBLITY is the goal! This post is offered to bring attention to the impact the pandemic of 2020 is having on The Church, and the decisions Church leaders are making in response. Specifically, the response they...
Principles of Portability – #4 System Reproducibility
Reproducibility! This is a big deal and likely the most important principle to know… There may be many reasons you are going to be a portable church. You might be a new church plant, a new campus, selling your building because you outgrew it or maybe due to...
Principles of Portability – #3 Ease of Use
We work multiple conferences every year. At every one we go to inevitably we are approached by a pastor that says “I remember portable… we’ll never do that again”. It kills us hearing that as we know it just didn’t have to be that way! After asking why, the answers...
Principles of Portability – #2 Measure Cubic Volume
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,...
Principles of Portability – #1 Consider the Weight
Launching a church is always filled with excitement! Setting up portably and weekly can and should be fun. However building the right system to keep volunteers engaged and set up fun is big challenge. This 6 part blog series dives into the top (and most important)...
7 Tips to Help Church Planters Choose the Right Location
Finding the right location to launch is crucial for any church plant. After all, the church location and venue play a key role in how effectively your church plant reaches and engages the community. Are you looking for the ideal place to launch your church? Well,...
A guide to buying the right AVL gear for your portable church
Know the differences between Portability vs Permanent vs Touring Gear vs DIY In a new church ministry (aka church plant), the audio/visual/lighting needs will likely be your largest expense. Determining what gear you need can only come after clarifying the purpose...
7 Observations On the State of the Church
Good news - Portable churches are meeting live again! It has still been slow in coming but the momentum can be felt across the country now. Like light at the end of this COVID tunnel, our team are being asked by church...
Re-Opening Checklist for Portable Churches
This post is specifically focused on what should be considered to reopen a church meeting in a portable setting. It's a confusing time we live in now – especially if you are a leader in the church. Generally, leading is very real work. Specifically,...
Campus Planning Dashboard
For multiplication minded leaders in the church while deciding on where to church plant or launch your next church campus... A wise decision-making process is most comfortable and satisfying when ALL of the information is available. Making fully informed...
Manna Church’s Multisite Strategy
Whitepaper #2 on unique Multisite Strategies. (See the first whitepaper featuring Life.Church here). Manna Church based in NC was featured in Outreach Magazines Top 100 list on all three of their categories, Fastest Growing, Largest and Top Reproducing Churches....
Portable Church System Maintenance
Whether you've only had your custom Portable Church® Solution for a few months or you are prepping for your re-opening... You love it! Your system has created an easy setup and teardown process for you and your team. You know exactly where everything is when you...
Helpful Resource Links During This Phase of Re-Opening
Our running log of helpful sites during the time of re-opening. HK Law Firm Considerations for Landlords and Property managers Considerations for the Hospitality Industry Aspen Group Key questions to prepare for a new season of ministry Relaunching Culture...
Why CODE Series?
What makes a CODE Series solution different from others It has been said that a person will decide within the first 4 minutes of stepping into your church building if they will return or not. However, today this goes beyond the physical experience within a...
30 Questions to Ask When Evaluating Venues for Your Mobile Church
Looking at venues for your mobile church? Choosing the right venue for your church launch is absolutely crucial! The venue for your mobile church not only plays a key role in determining how you engage the community, but also sets the pace for church growth. Ron...
Life.Church’s Multisite Strategy
With 34 physical locations and 90 weekly online services, Life.Church is leading the way in multisite church! We have partnered with them on this brand new resource to give insight into Life.Church’s portable model and what makes their unique campus strategy so...
Virtual Consultations
New times provide new opportunities… Consults and a revamped process! COVID-19 is shutting many things down, but the church is continually shifting, amping up, and thinking ahead for the future… In this future planning, church campusing and planting continues to...
A Time to Thrive & Innovate
Innovative churches will win after this crisis So much discussion right now is being centered around one defining question… “What is the future of the church is going to look like?” As we plan for that future, we do so with the understanding that society will...
Trailer vs Box Truck
It’s as controversial as pre-tribulation, mid-tribulation or post-tribulation… more hotly debated than Bieber and Kanye being real Christians, more pondered than the effectiveness of essential oils. Many churches we work with have strong feelings about this topic....
7 Things Your Church Location Must Have If You Want A Successful Launch
Have you found your perfect portable church location? After finding a facility for your church, corralling a group of cheerful volunteers, and setting a launch date, you are ready to open your doors! You can’t wait to create a portable church family, change lives,...
Church Live Video Streams Weekend Service from Remote Location
City Light Church broadcasts their weekend service from a warehouse With the reductions and restrictions of large gatherings over the past week, churches all over the world have been forced to create a space for their church family to gather together on the...
How to Live Video Stream and Start Church Online
Simple, easy-to-use streaming kits for those wanting to get started quickly In light of the coronavirus outbreak, many churches around the world have recently been faced with the urgent task of continuing ministry activities in creative ways. For many, this means...
The Key to Sustaining Multisite Momentum
<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span> The most critical asset a church’s leadership team can acquire is a big bold Kingdom-sized...
7 Myths About Portable Churches – Debunked!
Want to know the truth about portable churches? Churches are meeting everywhere -In schools, hotel lobbies, cinema houses, parks and even casinos. Such portable churches benefit from reduced costs, greater flexibility and better engagement with the community....
LibertyLive Story
Superman’s only real threat, as it turns out, was Kryptonite! When a growing church has a clear and relentless vision of reaching a given community or region with a multisite strategy, it will face challenges, or kryptonite, if you will. “How do we keep...
Metrics That Matter in 2020
God did not bring us this far just to bring us this far. While we are humbled by the impact we have made for the Kingdom over the last 25 years, we are pumped about what God can do through us over the next 25. For Portable Church, opening up seats to hear the...
Nursery Room Best Practices
Portable Hacks & Tips - Kids Ministry Nursery Room Wins Raising up future generations to carry on the mission of the church is a HUGE and exciting responsibility! We as church leaders want to do all we can to develop kids who are Christ-followers and...
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...
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