Anything I do alone in ministry is a failure.
As a leader, a pastor - someone God has given the task of caring for His Church - if I’m doing ministry alone, I’m failing.
Ministry is all about mobilization.
It is about raising up other pastors and training them to lead people. It is about empowering people to do things they would never have dreamed of doing. It is about brining the Body of Christ together to accomplish something no one person could accomplish apart from the Body of Christ.
But so many times I find myself doing ministry alone. Raising no one up. Accomplishing small things because there is no team to accomplish great things.
On a side note, Solo-ministry is a big reason why it is so difficult for me, and so many other pastors, to take a day off. God has called me to lead the teams He has placed me over - and He’s called me to take rest in Him. So it’s simple:
If I’m doing what God has asked and it’s taking more time than God has asked, I haven’t surrounded myself with the people God would want.
(Thanks to Anne Jackson and this post for stirring that last thought.)
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