Same Preacher, Different Place

I read another article about those multi-campus churches in the US. The ones where a pastor preaching at one location is also screened at a second (or even third) location. This particular church had grown from 115 people in '97 to over 6000 now - too much for just one building.


"We're one church with many locations", said one of the people in the article. Which got me to wondering about denominational churches. After all, don't we say that we are all part of the wider church?

It seems to me to be entirely possible to apply the same principle across a denomination. To have pastors with some technology record their message for struggling congregations (who may not have a preacher) to download. Or even for occasional use when the pastor is on leave.

[see also my thoughts on Are Sermons A Waste Of Time]