Great pre-conference intensive with Dave Ferguson and his team from CCC. They also lead the The NewThing Network. They are teaching on the Seven Moves to Multi-site. Not seven steps — but seven moves. I think they are important principles and not steps, which people mistakingly run with instead of laying the foundational ground work.

The Seven Moves are:
1. The God-Thing– find out where God is moving and is at work
2. Vision – this will come as the solution to where you discover God at work
3. Leader — This had to do with the campus pastor and his role. Great discussion on how they hire from within.
4. Team — distinction between launch team vs. core team. They suggest starting with a bang.
5. Finances — it takes lots of money to launch a new campus. Plan, pray and go for the ASK.
6. Alignment — this is clearly a key to their success. How they intentionally drive the community into alignment with the vision. Learned a lot from this discussion.
7. Unstoppable — this was finding the right people on your team that possess “Level 5″ leadership ability.

Good stuff. Looking forward to today and the start of the conference.