The Unstuck Church Podcast with Amy Anderson Multisite Structure & People Problems - Episode 396
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May 14, 2025 Launching a second campus? Strap in for valuable insights! Discover why many churches misjudge their staffing from the start and how to avoid major pitfalls. The discussion tackles the need for adjusted staffing ratios and warns against building a huge central team too quickly. Learn how to keep campus pastors connected and define decision-making authority wisely. Finally, get practical steps to audit roles and enhance your multisite strategy for an effective church expansion journey!
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Avoid Early Multi-site Hiring Errors
- Avoid hiring the wrong person as campus pastor; prioritize second-chair leadership over entrepreneurial or solely shepherding styles.
- Resist overstaffing new locations and overbuilding the central team early on; focus on player-coach roles and clarify decision rights.
Prevent Overstaffing and Premature Roles
- Avoid overstaffing by hiring too many part-time staff to plug holes as you expand beyond two locations.
- Delay hiring a campus pastor at the original location until around the fourth or fifth location to prevent confusion and misallocation of resources.
Staffing Math for New Campuses
- Use a staffing math ratio that accounts for central support costs; divide new campus attendance by 1.5 times your normal FTE per attendee ratio.
- Launch new campuses only when you have a sufficiently large launch team to avoid overstaffing and unreasonable financial strain.