What if: Ministry
Based on a great article at In Search of a City
"The newborn Christian, who is “unskilled,” may require TEMPORARY nurturing toward this end. I lay great stress on the word “temporary,” as it speaks of the limitation of time or season. In truth, ALL ministry is temp-work. It is not a steady job. It is to work yourself out of a job. It is as quickly as possible to establish the new Christian’s dependency upon Christ—never allowing them to place their trust in anyone but Him."
What if all ministry is temp-work?
What if discipleship is ministry?
What if discipleship is to work yourself out of a job?
What if this job destruction is a death?
What if their intimacy and dependence on Christ is the ALL?
What if our approach is more steered toward having people dependent on us?
"The newborn Christian, who is “unskilled,” may require TEMPORARY nurturing toward this end. I lay great stress on the word “temporary,” as it speaks of the limitation of time or season. In truth, ALL ministry is temp-work. It is not a steady job. It is to work yourself out of a job. It is as quickly as possible to establish the new Christian’s dependency upon Christ—never allowing them to place their trust in anyone but Him."
What if all ministry is temp-work?
What if discipleship is ministry?
What if discipleship is to work yourself out of a job?
What if this job destruction is a death?
What if their intimacy and dependence on Christ is the ALL?
What if our approach is more steered toward having people dependent on us?
posted by GBT at
Sunday, November 20, 2005
