The Unstuck Church Podcast with Amy Anderson Multisite Church Case Studies - Episode 438
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Mar 4, 2026 Christy Gibas, lead pastor at The Table Church in Pittsburgh, brings decades of multisite experience and alignment work. Mike Reinsel, executive pastor at Stone Creek Church (GA), shares lessons from launching and releasing a campus. Nick Cleveland, lead pastor of Grace Church (OH), describes shifting to a video teaching multisite. They compare misalignment, decision-rights, playbooks, and shifts that revived growth.
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Pick One Teaching Model And Commit
- Do pick a clear multi-site teaching model and stick with it to avoid mixed expectations and stalled growth.
- Nick Cleveland moved from a hybrid live/video approach to a fully video venue after inconsistency stalled growth and frustrated people.
Hybrid Multisite Multiplies Problems
- Hybrid models create both sets of problems: live-teaching preferences and video-teaching pushback, which multiplies friction instead of solving it.
- Nick realized new people prioritize relevant, consistent content over delivery format, so consistency drove growth.
Overnight Switch After A Live Teaching Test Flopped
- Nick tested rotating live teaching at the new campus and discovered it set the wrong expectation for repeated, high-energy sermons.
- He pulled the plug quickly and switched to full video, then doubled that campus over time.