The Leadership Principle
From the featured article
in the March/April issue of Faith for All of Life...
By the 1980s the dynamics of the mega-church challenged the way pastors approached their clerical office. The early church was analogous to the family, but the modern church saw more similarity with the corporation. Senior pastors became CEOs, churches started hiring comptrollers and administrators, and church secretaries became executive assistants. Though the Apostle Paul sought church elders who could "manage their own households well" (1 Tim. 3:4-5), today's church demotes domestic credentials by courting those who can "manage their own businesses well." Read this article...
in the March/April issue of Faith for All of Life...
By the 1980s the dynamics of the mega-church challenged the way pastors approached their clerical office. The early church was analogous to the family, but the modern church saw more similarity with the corporation. Senior pastors became CEOs, churches started hiring comptrollers and administrators, and church secretaries became executive assistants. Though the Apostle Paul sought church elders who could "manage their own households well" (1 Tim. 3:4-5), today's church demotes domestic credentials by courting those who can "manage their own businesses well." Read this article...
