The story has been repeated a thousand times. Young person feels the call to serve God, and to minister to people. Young person finds that the Westernized "YMCA" Country Club church with Tithes and Offerings as Membership dues is the only avenue to pursue that call. X years later, said Pastor is out of ministry because X, Y, or Z, and all of these are due the Country Club mentality preventing them from actually ministering. Just found out another friend (who from all accounts was a TREMENDOUS Pastor), just left the ministry. He didn't leave his church...He left the ministry. God did not design the church to resemble what we have turned it into. The change is coming...be prepared...
Monday, December 19, 2011
And it continues....
The story has been repeated a thousand times. Young person feels the call to serve God, and to minister to people. Young person finds that the Westernized "YMCA" Country Club church with Tithes and Offerings as Membership dues is the only avenue to pursue that call. X years later, said Pastor is out of ministry because X, Y, or Z, and all of these are due the Country Club mentality preventing them from actually ministering. Just found out another friend (who from all accounts was a TREMENDOUS Pastor), just left the ministry. He didn't leave his church...He left the ministry. God did not design the church to resemble what we have turned it into. The change is coming...be prepared...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Let's Make a Deal! Thoughts on business
Fall in love all over again! That’s the resounding theme for Valentine’s Day, correct? To us old married folks (15 years in May… Woot! Woot!) this is the time of the year when we are supposed to rekindle that lost flame and find a new sense of excitement and wonder in our significant other. We are supposed to open our eyes anew and try to gain some remote sense of the grandeur that can be found in the very soul of the one we have bound ourselves to until death do us part.
However, for me it is found in the everyday nuances of my wife and all of the small things that challenge me to love her more and more with all of the passion and dedication that I can rally out of my life. Every day I am gifted with exactly 86,400 seconds, and how I invest that time into my relationship with my wife is vitally important. She forces helps me to be a better man. If every day of my life someone invested 86,400 dollars into my checking account I can guarantee that every single day I would spend 86,400 dollars! The overarching question then is how I spend this time.
For many of you the question is the same, but the circumstance may change. How do you spend your time? This question need not be just about our relationships. Sound principles are sound principles, right? How do you spend your time at work? If you are gifted with 28,800 seconds at work every single day, how many of those would you say that you are productive? If your goal is to gain that promotion or to go to Atlantis with the Achievers Club, you simply cannot attain that goal if you are productive 25% of the time. It does not and will never happen.
Let’s make a deal! You remember that game show right? Contestants would win a microwave, but then have an opportunity to trade it in for what was behind the curtain. Sometimes they would be able to turn that microwave into a new car. Unfortunately, many of them also ended up with a one year supply of diaper cream. Well much the same, your career is found in making a deal. You can be offered the microwave, and go home and be perfectly content or you can risk it all and win what’s behind the curtain. The difference is if you pour your effort, energy, and time into your career, what’s behind the curtain won’t be diaper cream. This February take a step back, look at your career with eyes open a new, and rekindle the passion for making a difference in your workplace and in those around you. Look at the everyday nuances of your job and try to understand those things that make you happy, what causes you stress, and become an agent of positive change. Beyond anything else, find out where your passions are.
Dedicate yourself all over again to becoming a person of integrity and it will force help you to be a better you!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
If you build it...
Where will the Church of the future be built? What foundation will this Church exist upon? Will a stain glass window, a pew, and the Sunday School roll for 2009 be the excavated remains, the ruins, the proof that here once a Church stood? Open your vision and expand your mind to dream the impossible dream, to see the impossible, and to become passionate about the implausible. In Jeremiah 33, we read a passage that awakens us. A single passage mentioned here but really the whole chapter should move us from our state of slumber. In Jeremiah 33:3 we read, 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.' What possibly could this mean? As you read the whole of the passage you begin to see clearly that God is speaking through the prophet to say, "Look at all these things. Look at these buildings, and palaces and cities that you have built up for yourself. These things will be destroyed and dead bodies will lie inside of them." "Nevertheless, I'm going to bring back healing, I'm going to bring back abundant peace and security." This is not something they could understand, they couldn't search for it. To them these cities, these walls, these buildings these...pews, were all they knew and experienced and could focus on. Obviously, the passage goes on to say that these things will change but not like we expect. Verse 15, "...I will make a Righteous Branch sprout from David's line..." From the Prophets to the Disciples, they were searching for a Warrior King to establish His Throne on earth (and still are today).
For us the struggle is still the same. How can we focus all of our intentions and resources on bringing about God's will on earth (Widows, Orphans, the Lost, organized Discipleship ring a bell?) while at the same time maintaining some semblance of order? (office work, programming, structure, staff, visitation,....fill in the blank.) First, our priorities are skewed. We (in general) feel as though we must maintain structure, programs, activities, and facilities. However, there is absolutely no direct correlation with any of these things that would inhibit the ability of God's people to minister with the help of the Holy Spirit to the Lost, Desolate, and Homeless if these things DID NOT EXIST! I, as a Christian can minister to any one in my path that God sees fit for me to come across without any of these things. There is no record in the New Testament of the apostles saying, "Come, let's build a building", "What we really need here is more structure", "I tell you what maybe if these widows had more activities they would stop complaining", or, "Stephen you'll never believe this but Peter is not keeping his office hours." What we did see is found and expressed as the blueprint in Acts 2.
What would this look like in our modern world of country family churches, and post modern mega coffee shop, book store churches? Remember the great and unsearchable thing part? What if the church of the future had no "paid" staff? What if the church of the future did not build grand cathedrals and padded chairs or pews (dependent upon what side of the aisle you find yourself on)? The grand question...How would anything get done? It just would! Christians with a passion for God and for the lost, desolate, and homeless without the burden of a building fund, benevolence fund, campground upkeep, or any other fully organized activity or program of the church would be free to invest their lives in the thing God was leading them to. For you see, I believe the Church of the future may resemble the NT model more closely than we realize very soon. Small groups of people living within proximity of each other will form "the church". Is this not the dream of the Church of God Anderson, IN? "We extend our hand to every blood washed one." "Salvation makes you a member." My thought is, when I experience life with my brother who lives beside me and we study and pray together and do ministry together, we just experienced the true Church, whether we ever once attended an official service or not!
The concept is simple, it's all about paradigms. The issue yet again is that the paradigm has flip-flopped. In fact, my first title for the book, was "The Flip-Flopping Pastoral Role". However, I quickly realized as I have poured the last six years into this work that it goes well beyond the role of the Pastor. The paradigm that currently exists is that we as members of the church exist to serve the Church and it's ministries, programs, and activities for the good of the community. Believe me when I say that ministry has certainly taken place. God has certainly blessed. But, if we are honest with ourselves would we say that the church is thriving or dying? Would we say the Church more closely resembles the Acts 2 community or the Community Center? The church in some senses has become nothing more than a glorified social club, where our volunteerism and service are required and are dues are called tithes and offerings.
The paradigm should however look a little bit different. I believe that the role of the church is to support each other, and not to be a burden. To provide opportunities to grow, to learn, and to empower each other to accomplish works of service for the Kingdom and not for the church. This is so subtle. I've mentioned before, but you may have missed it or not read it, but the paradigm goes to the heart of the Pastor's role as well. In the current paradigm the Pastor "does" the ministry. In the correct paradigm, the Pastor/Leader equips the Saints for Ministry. In our States currently our Churches support State ministries such as Camp meeting (edification of self...much?), upkeep and maintenance and speaker fees. A brief but true story that I'll need to get permission in order to quote in the book, but in a certain State, it was found by looking at the budget that more was spent one particular year for Bug control at the State campground than for Home and Abroad Missions combined! Should not the State exist to minister to Pastors and leaders who are in turn training and equipping Saints for ministry? The same paradigm runs to the National level as well, and trust me when I say this is not just an Anderson issue. This is a World-wide Church issue! Big Business, in Big Church is not the design and it will never work.
OK, take a breath, don't stress. Unless I am suddenly granted omnipotence these things will not suddenly change. You should be glad I am not omnipotent, because on a bad day........... God is the only one who knows the future of the church. I am willing to bet 4:1 though that the church of the future will abandon the post modern business model and return to the basics of every believer a minister,whether in a house church or a small group and every minister a beacon of light for the Gospel message that Jesus Christ came to die for souls, man, woman, widows, and orphans.
**NOTE: These discussions are not meant to offend in any way, but to spark conversation as to whether we are correctly serving God as "He" desires in our current model of "Church". I in no way wish to attempt a coup, or to overthrow the current system. I have no Tea Parties or Communion parties planned. I have no power to do so. I am merely a sounding board echoing the frustrations of friends, colleagues, and fellow Pastors that the church has left behind it's true calling. My prayers is that we may each learn from one another and grow stronger in our Faith. I'd also like to take this moment to say that I have never had issue one with National, State or Local Ministries. I've spent countless hours at camps working to support our State ministries and will continue to do so. You should know one very important thing though. Should it ever come to a choice as to who I will serve in relation to National or State ministries that I believe serve only for edification of self then...Joshua 24:15, "But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
For us the struggle is still the same. How can we focus all of our intentions and resources on bringing about God's will on earth (Widows, Orphans, the Lost, organized Discipleship ring a bell?) while at the same time maintaining some semblance of order? (office work, programming, structure, staff, visitation,....fill in the blank.) First, our priorities are skewed. We (in general) feel as though we must maintain structure, programs, activities, and facilities. However, there is absolutely no direct correlation with any of these things that would inhibit the ability of God's people to minister with the help of the Holy Spirit to the Lost, Desolate, and Homeless if these things DID NOT EXIST! I, as a Christian can minister to any one in my path that God sees fit for me to come across without any of these things. There is no record in the New Testament of the apostles saying, "Come, let's build a building", "What we really need here is more structure", "I tell you what maybe if these widows had more activities they would stop complaining", or, "Stephen you'll never believe this but Peter is not keeping his office hours." What we did see is found and expressed as the blueprint in Acts 2.
What would this look like in our modern world of country family churches, and post modern mega coffee shop, book store churches? Remember the great and unsearchable thing part? What if the church of the future had no "paid" staff? What if the church of the future did not build grand cathedrals and padded chairs or pews (dependent upon what side of the aisle you find yourself on)? The grand question...How would anything get done? It just would! Christians with a passion for God and for the lost, desolate, and homeless without the burden of a building fund, benevolence fund, campground upkeep, or any other fully organized activity or program of the church would be free to invest their lives in the thing God was leading them to. For you see, I believe the Church of the future may resemble the NT model more closely than we realize very soon. Small groups of people living within proximity of each other will form "the church". Is this not the dream of the Church of God Anderson, IN? "We extend our hand to every blood washed one." "Salvation makes you a member." My thought is, when I experience life with my brother who lives beside me and we study and pray together and do ministry together, we just experienced the true Church, whether we ever once attended an official service or not!
The concept is simple, it's all about paradigms. The issue yet again is that the paradigm has flip-flopped. In fact, my first title for the book, was "The Flip-Flopping Pastoral Role". However, I quickly realized as I have poured the last six years into this work that it goes well beyond the role of the Pastor. The paradigm that currently exists is that we as members of the church exist to serve the Church and it's ministries, programs, and activities for the good of the community. Believe me when I say that ministry has certainly taken place. God has certainly blessed. But, if we are honest with ourselves would we say that the church is thriving or dying? Would we say the Church more closely resembles the Acts 2 community or the Community Center? The church in some senses has become nothing more than a glorified social club, where our volunteerism and service are required and are dues are called tithes and offerings.
The paradigm should however look a little bit different. I believe that the role of the church is to support each other, and not to be a burden. To provide opportunities to grow, to learn, and to empower each other to accomplish works of service for the Kingdom and not for the church. This is so subtle. I've mentioned before, but you may have missed it or not read it, but the paradigm goes to the heart of the Pastor's role as well. In the current paradigm the Pastor "does" the ministry. In the correct paradigm, the Pastor/Leader equips the Saints for Ministry. In our States currently our Churches support State ministries such as Camp meeting (edification of self...much?), upkeep and maintenance and speaker fees. A brief but true story that I'll need to get permission in order to quote in the book, but in a certain State, it was found by looking at the budget that more was spent one particular year for Bug control at the State campground than for Home and Abroad Missions combined! Should not the State exist to minister to Pastors and leaders who are in turn training and equipping Saints for ministry? The same paradigm runs to the National level as well, and trust me when I say this is not just an Anderson issue. This is a World-wide Church issue! Big Business, in Big Church is not the design and it will never work.
OK, take a breath, don't stress. Unless I am suddenly granted omnipotence these things will not suddenly change. You should be glad I am not omnipotent, because on a bad day........... God is the only one who knows the future of the church. I am willing to bet 4:1 though that the church of the future will abandon the post modern business model and return to the basics of every believer a minister,whether in a house church or a small group and every minister a beacon of light for the Gospel message that Jesus Christ came to die for souls, man, woman, widows, and orphans.
**NOTE: These discussions are not meant to offend in any way, but to spark conversation as to whether we are correctly serving God as "He" desires in our current model of "Church". I in no way wish to attempt a coup, or to overthrow the current system. I have no Tea Parties or Communion parties planned. I have no power to do so. I am merely a sounding board echoing the frustrations of friends, colleagues, and fellow Pastors that the church has left behind it's true calling. My prayers is that we may each learn from one another and grow stronger in our Faith. I'd also like to take this moment to say that I have never had issue one with National, State or Local Ministries. I've spent countless hours at camps working to support our State ministries and will continue to do so. You should know one very important thing though. Should it ever come to a choice as to who I will serve in relation to National or State ministries that I believe serve only for edification of self then...Joshua 24:15, "But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
Thursday, October 8, 2009
This summer I was able to do some roofing. My dad's roof had experienced a huge tornado close by and most recently this past winter a horrible ice storm. The roof was officially shot. We weren't deterred. I have had the privilege myself of experiencing Hurricane Katrina. I've done my fair share of roofing! Off we went. A twelve/twelve pitch and 44 squares for you roofers. A week goes by and then two, three, and yes a full month (due to rain) to finish the roof. One particular day we even allowed Jordan to go up on the roof and strap on a belt, and yes for twenty minutes or so he packed shingles to dad.
Looking back on that time it would have been easy to just patch the roof in places and make it "dry". We could have spent three weeks visiting and forgetting all the cares of the world. The problem with patching things is they simply don't last forever. You see you have a spiritual house as well, and it has a foundation, and walls, and contents, and yes a roof. When you don't take care of a roof nature will take care of your ceilings, your walls, your flooring, and yes even your foundation. But, God in His Wisdom has given us the ability to fix things before the Tornados, and Ice Storms of life come. Prayer is that roof over your house. As we pray we begin to rebuild the shingles that cover the rest of our lives. Do our prayers then simply become supplication to God to protect our lives, no, but our prayers keep us in contact with the one that controls the storms. When we commit ourselves to pray we begin to draw closer to the ultimate Will of God. All of a sudden, the storms make sense, the rain is necessary. It produces in us patience, and for this we are better people. Work on your roof today.
Looking back on that time it would have been easy to just patch the roof in places and make it "dry". We could have spent three weeks visiting and forgetting all the cares of the world. The problem with patching things is they simply don't last forever. You see you have a spiritual house as well, and it has a foundation, and walls, and contents, and yes a roof. When you don't take care of a roof nature will take care of your ceilings, your walls, your flooring, and yes even your foundation. But, God in His Wisdom has given us the ability to fix things before the Tornados, and Ice Storms of life come. Prayer is that roof over your house. As we pray we begin to rebuild the shingles that cover the rest of our lives. Do our prayers then simply become supplication to God to protect our lives, no, but our prayers keep us in contact with the one that controls the storms. When we commit ourselves to pray we begin to draw closer to the ultimate Will of God. All of a sudden, the storms make sense, the rain is necessary. It produces in us patience, and for this we are better people. Work on your roof today.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Death of a Pastor
"I feel Happy", to quote Monty Python. Typically you would find me in jovial enough of a mood that I would indeed attempt to cut down the tallest tree in the forest with a herring. I must confess sometimes my overriding pessimism however. Yes, I've admitted it. Now, on to step two. Is there a step two? Step two is being honest. On a personal note, I've struggled with unemployment for 6 months now. Looking for the next congregation that I would call home. I confess again that I'm extremely frustrated, and even depressed in this area. However, Death of a Pastor is a vision to me of the way we've corrupted what a church is, and what the role of a Pastor is in the life of the church in our modern religious conversations. I have an undying passion that we realize, no, that we change this paradigm of consumer mentality among the flock. Maybe, just maybe, God has me in this place to begin to understand fully this vision he has shown me of our struggles. A Pastor's role is to "equip the Saints for ministry". That role is not to be "Paid staff" and do it for the Saints. The paradigm then is that the saints serve the church and not the church serving the saints. Any other design will self-implode. It cannot sustain itself. Pastor's (no matter how young) will run out of energy. Pastor's (no matter how wise) will run out of grand visions to compel the church to get excited about. However, when each and every Christ follower is walking out their faith relationship with God, then they will become producers and the church will become what Christ envisioned. "The church is made up of many parts..."
This paradigm runs much deeper than you can imagine. For you see for many years my church gave, and gave, and gave to State ministries. The question I always pondered, "Where is the fruit?" Show me the souls that were saved from where my congregation invested their time, talents, and resources into State ministries that serve only as a "feel good" for those who are secure in their faith. I cry when I write to you with a passion that, "The purpose of the church is to see souls Saved!!" If we invest thousands of dollars into State ministries and they produce no salvations then we must ask the tough questions. Maybe we have it backwards? Maybe, just maybe the purpose of State Ministries is to serve the church. Instead of pouring money into the state coffers to maintain the campgrounds that are used three months of the year. Maybe those resources would be better used to invest in our leaders. To bring in respected leaders among the church to grow our knowledge base. It's a distinct possibility that we could possibly even plant a soul-saving church or two if we changed our inward, consumer mentality. While on the topic let me clarify for a second. We have far too many 40 member churches stuck in maintenance ministry in the United States. If we plant one more 40 member church I feel we will have mirrored the steward who buried their talent in the ground. Instead of planting ten churches in ten years, how about we plant one growing, sustainable, reproducing church that will begin to live out the Acts 2 community.
Oh, but the paradigm runs much deeper. We are trampled with the message that we need more connectivity in the church. We in the church need greater connectedness among the Church of God's. We need to all buy into the mentality that we all serve the greater "Church of God". The message seems innocent enough. "We want you to feel like your in this together." I view it a bit differently though. The message to me in the midst of a recession where National staff is being laid off and downsized is, "Connect, because we need your resources to sustain ourselves." They imply that we should be supportive, dare I say committed to the detriment of our congregations to National ministries. How about this for hypocrisy. A strong majority of Christians I would be willing to bet are Republicans who can recite to you verbatim the creed that we are against big government. Yet, in our own movement (the term movement leads to a whole different discussion) we are encouraged, strongly, to buy into the group. Connect. Become a part. Be producers for "Big" Church of God. We will then ration out ministries for you. Folks, this is crazy. If every Christian was living out their lives in accordance for God's will there would be absolutely no need for someone anywhere to delegate out my ministry. The best illustration of this I know is that if I give money to the general budget to send to Hope Hill Children's home for example, that money could be sent elsewhere because Hope Hill has already exceeded what it receives from national "ministries". No, I think i'll be the producer of ministry and resource, and serve Hope Hill by my own will. Why do we need a middleman? Why the need for a Pope of the "Church of God" to direct us, to delve out our ministries. Again I say, show me the fruit. In fact, show me one person who was saved by Church of God (state or national) ministries, and I'll walk away. Let me be clear. I'm not talking about Christians who work at Church of God ministries. I'm talking about the government, and bylaws, positions and rules we have setup. Show me one person that was saved by a campground. Again, let me be clear. I'm not talking about the people at the campground, I'm talking about the dirt and the buildings and the cabins. The Church of God that I know and love (4th generation), and grew up in and around is non-denominational for a reason. The reason is that we in our own churches are to be producers, to drive our own churches, and missionaries, and Hope Hill Children's homes, and communities to Reach, to Disciple, and to Empower. To see souls brought to Salvation in our sphere of influence. Have you been paying the Pope of your Church, or State Ministries, or National Ministries to do the work that God has called you to do? Help me to kill this paradigm of a Pastor that we have created, so that each and every one of us will become producers of ministry. I believe then and only then, we will see the Acts 29 church mirror the Acts 2:42 church. If we can lay down this mentality, it's possible that we may see, "The Lord adding to our number DAILY, those that were being saved. (paraphrased)"
P.S. I know no one will read this. In fact, I know I won't see one single comment, but I've started the discussion. I've laid down my case in short fashion. I believe we can do better. I believe we owe God better. Let us all stop the consumer mentality and become producers of our faith.
This paradigm runs much deeper than you can imagine. For you see for many years my church gave, and gave, and gave to State ministries. The question I always pondered, "Where is the fruit?" Show me the souls that were saved from where my congregation invested their time, talents, and resources into State ministries that serve only as a "feel good" for those who are secure in their faith. I cry when I write to you with a passion that, "The purpose of the church is to see souls Saved!!" If we invest thousands of dollars into State ministries and they produce no salvations then we must ask the tough questions. Maybe we have it backwards? Maybe, just maybe the purpose of State Ministries is to serve the church. Instead of pouring money into the state coffers to maintain the campgrounds that are used three months of the year. Maybe those resources would be better used to invest in our leaders. To bring in respected leaders among the church to grow our knowledge base. It's a distinct possibility that we could possibly even plant a soul-saving church or two if we changed our inward, consumer mentality. While on the topic let me clarify for a second. We have far too many 40 member churches stuck in maintenance ministry in the United States. If we plant one more 40 member church I feel we will have mirrored the steward who buried their talent in the ground. Instead of planting ten churches in ten years, how about we plant one growing, sustainable, reproducing church that will begin to live out the Acts 2 community.
Oh, but the paradigm runs much deeper. We are trampled with the message that we need more connectivity in the church. We in the church need greater connectedness among the Church of God's. We need to all buy into the mentality that we all serve the greater "Church of God". The message seems innocent enough. "We want you to feel like your in this together." I view it a bit differently though. The message to me in the midst of a recession where National staff is being laid off and downsized is, "Connect, because we need your resources to sustain ourselves." They imply that we should be supportive, dare I say committed to the detriment of our congregations to National ministries. How about this for hypocrisy. A strong majority of Christians I would be willing to bet are Republicans who can recite to you verbatim the creed that we are against big government. Yet, in our own movement (the term movement leads to a whole different discussion) we are encouraged, strongly, to buy into the group. Connect. Become a part. Be producers for "Big" Church of God. We will then ration out ministries for you. Folks, this is crazy. If every Christian was living out their lives in accordance for God's will there would be absolutely no need for someone anywhere to delegate out my ministry. The best illustration of this I know is that if I give money to the general budget to send to Hope Hill Children's home for example, that money could be sent elsewhere because Hope Hill has already exceeded what it receives from national "ministries". No, I think i'll be the producer of ministry and resource, and serve Hope Hill by my own will. Why do we need a middleman? Why the need for a Pope of the "Church of God" to direct us, to delve out our ministries. Again I say, show me the fruit. In fact, show me one person who was saved by Church of God (state or national) ministries, and I'll walk away. Let me be clear. I'm not talking about Christians who work at Church of God ministries. I'm talking about the government, and bylaws, positions and rules we have setup. Show me one person that was saved by a campground. Again, let me be clear. I'm not talking about the people at the campground, I'm talking about the dirt and the buildings and the cabins. The Church of God that I know and love (4th generation), and grew up in and around is non-denominational for a reason. The reason is that we in our own churches are to be producers, to drive our own churches, and missionaries, and Hope Hill Children's homes, and communities to Reach, to Disciple, and to Empower. To see souls brought to Salvation in our sphere of influence. Have you been paying the Pope of your Church, or State Ministries, or National Ministries to do the work that God has called you to do? Help me to kill this paradigm of a Pastor that we have created, so that each and every one of us will become producers of ministry. I believe then and only then, we will see the Acts 29 church mirror the Acts 2:42 church. If we can lay down this mentality, it's possible that we may see, "The Lord adding to our number DAILY, those that were being saved. (paraphrased)"
P.S. I know no one will read this. In fact, I know I won't see one single comment, but I've started the discussion. I've laid down my case in short fashion. I believe we can do better. I believe we owe God better. Let us all stop the consumer mentality and become producers of our faith.
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