Preparing for a 2nd campus…

I have a very open day today so I am going to take some time and knock out some posts by answering several questions we get on a regular basis.

I’ll start with this one:  What is Revolution doing to prepare for it’s second campus?

We get this question non-stop from other church planters and pastors.  I always feel bad when guys call us and want to know how we do certain things because the truth is we are very simple.  We don’t over-complicate stuff.  We don’t have systems in place, we aren’t great planners, and to be honest, we fly by the seat of our pants A LOT!!!!!!  Our staff excels at big days and we just have a knack for pulling them off, so we normally start thinking about an event right before it is time to do the event.

We have treated launching a second campus just like we would if we were launching a second service.  As of today, we are planning on launching on January 6th, 2008 (We are learning that could change due to building permits, inspections, etc.).  We have not had one meeting with those going to Jasper.  Yes, you read that right, we have not had ONE meeting.  We have our first meeting planned for November 30th and that will probably be one of two meetings we will do.

I understand that many churches do launch team meetings to prepare, but we don’t feel that is necessary.  The people we have going to Jasper are really an All-star team.  We have some studs that live in that area.  We have key volunteers in almost every area that live in that area.   They will do what they already do in Canton except they will do it in Jasper.  To me, it is like a second service.

These people already know our vision, they know our mission, they know our DNA, they know our vibe, and they know what we have planned.  Why complicate things with a lot of meetings about stuff we already know?

We are using our staff at Canton as “overseers” of the same ministires in Jasper.  For example, Tim is over worship at both campuses, Jenna is over children about both campuses, etc.  So we have spent a lot time internally planning for the launch in order to equip our people to serve and make the campus happen.

We will met with the people who want to help with that campus about twice and then we will launch that sucker and we believe it is going to make a huge impact in Jasper.

So for someone who is geared toward step by step directions and systems, our method probably would stress you out, but we thrive on it.