Friday, February 04, 2011
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Dan Edelen:
Sad, but true.
However, amidst all that role baggage, no role can be more important for the church leader than leveraging godly wisdom and experience to better the functioning of each member of the body of Christ. Yet when was the last time a church leader sat down with you or me to help us discern our spiritual gifts and God’s direction for our ministry?Leaders develop relationships to develop leaders to develop relationships to develop other spiritual gifts - or however many layers of leader you need. That's not how the church seems to function - it seems to function on a "you come, we entertain" model.
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One of the reasons I think the megachurch model is inherently defective is it automatically precludes the leadership of the church from having any relationship with the majority of individuals within the church’s body. How can a pastor or elder spot the gifts in a person’s life if that person is just one in a sea of anonymous people?
Helping people find their gifts and understand the Spirit’s voice requires relationship. It means an investment in the people in the seats that goes far beyond great preaching. And too few church leaders are capable of making that investment.
Sad, but true.
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