Part of being a member of the Body of Christ is recognizing that each person has valuable gifts and abilities to offer, and even though we might try, we can’t just rely on one or two people to carry the church.

It can be easy for lay people to assume that the pastoral staff has it all under control—after all, they’re “professionals!” However, as we read in this devotional from Our Daily Bread, it’s impossible for church leaders to carry the burden of the church by themselves:

The “professionals,” the pastor and others who are trained to lead the church, face a task they can’t do alone. It’s often a struggle to get the work of the church done until laypeople join in and work alongside the leadership.

This was the situation in Acts 6. Some people in the church were being neglected, and the “professionals,” the apostles who were leading the church, realized they couldn’t do everything by themselves. Only when seven laypeople pitched in to help the leaders could the church proceed.

How can you come alongside your pastor and other leaders to help keep your church moving ahead?

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What do you think of their question, “how can you come alongside your pastor and other leaders to help keep your church moving ahead?”

By: Chris. This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at 1:20 pm and is filed under Devotional, pastors, People. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.