Ministry as Mates
How the whole body of Christ can contribute to the church and have fun along the way.
Growing up in church, I often heard it said that 20% of the people do 80% of the work. Usually, this was said to try and encourage the 80% who weren’t visibly contributing to church life to step up and join ministry teams. Occasionally, it was said to help the exhausted 20% feel pride in their contribution and push through their weariness to further service, cause otherwise the church’s ministries would fall over.
In this latest episode of The Shock Absorber podcast, Stu Crawshaw, Joel McMaster and I take a look at the practice of ministry teams and wonder if there’s a better way to help members engage in the collaborative life of the church.
Continuing from previous episodes on the theology and strategy of ministry teams, we work out the implications of doing church life together in a way that expresses the theological foundations of friendship that fuel a heart for ministry.
Along the way, we share more about how friendship undermines an emphasis on professionalism in ministry and how seeing the church as a ‘family meal’ instead of an ‘event’ gives members the grace to contribute when they can and ‘slide out’ of ministry roles when they need.
Also in this episode
How Soul Revival Church’s ten service teams help shape ministry,
How our Parish Council can run effective meetings with 80-100 people,
How this approach might work with a church of 10 or 10,000, and
Why Joe Rogan was ‘wow-ed’ by his conversation with Canadian apologist Wes Huff.
Listen along on your favourite podcast platform, or watch the conversation on the YouTube link below.