Breaking Barriers

E117 - J.D. Greear on Building a Church That Sends: Multisite, Church Planting, and the Culture of Multiplication

39 min · 25. maj 2026
episode E117 - J.D. Greear on Building a Church That Sends: Multisite, Church Planting, and the Culture of Multiplication cover

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J.D. Greear started at a church with two people in the college class. Today, The Summit Church has planted more than 700 churches and is chasing a vision of 1,000. In this episode of Breaking Barriers, Andrew Hopper and J.D. unpack the philosophy, the failures, and the flywheel behind one of the most prolific sending churches in America. Topics include: why multiplication is a faithfulness issue, not just a strategy; how to tell the difference between a campus and a church plant; what kills sending culture before it starts; and why gospel growth and gospel multiplication were never meant to be in tension.

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