I read this post on the Multisite Church Revolution blog Monday. At the Multisite Exposed Conference somebody asked a question during one of the workshops. Greg Ligon wrote that somebody asked:
"How have churches with a congregational governance structure functioned with multiple campuses?"
Greg asked the readers of the blog if they know of any multisite churches that have a congregational governance structure. So far, no comments. I would imagine there are a few, but to me there's a lot more to this issue. The bottom line is, it would be very difficult for a congregationally led church to go multisite. The reason I say that is my limited knowledge of congregationally led churches has led me to believe that in general they are way behind the curve in innovation due to the fact that change is slow and painful.
A congregationally led church that is innovative and can makes changes quickly probably has a very strong, persuasive leader who has a lot of relational change with the congregation. That's a great thing, but there's definitely more to it when looking at why there are so few (if any) congregationally led churches that are multisite.