It’s very possible that most of the people who read
this do not realize how much advice is now available from “experts” to people
who serve as professionals in church ministry. There is a constant and
seemingly endless flow of books, articles, conferences and research which
purports to help those in ministry do their work more effectively.
Ironically, some of the helpful advice is
contradictory. (Which makes it decidedly less helpful.)
If the advice of the experts is contradictory then
what are we supposed to do?
(That’s a rhetorical question. I’m not expecting an
answer. It’s pretty typical for me to ask myself questions which go unanswered
all throughout the day.)
I’m not opposed to getting advice from experts and
learning from others—in fact, this type of information has been helpful to me
over the years—but as I get older I find I’m less interested in discovering the
latest trendy approach to ministry and more interested in trying to be obedient
to God regarding the basic fundamentals of being a church.
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