Ministry Porn

on Aug 22 in Art and Media, Church, Leadership, Worship

When I was in paid pastoral ministry, the church staff team would always attend conferences.  These conferences were great at helping form deeper relationships within the staff team.  They were also great at helping us disengage from the routine tasks of our local church, and place ourselves within an environment of change, growth, and spiritual/emotional nourishment.  Finally, these conferences were great at giving us principles to help guide our ministries into the future.

But there was one thing that these conferences could never do.¬† They could never fulfill on the church portrait they unknowingly painted.¬† In other words, my church would never look like Rick Warren’s church.¬† As a pastor, I could never have what Rick Warren has.

Ever.

But no one ever told us that.

Finally, someone far more visible than me is standing up and saying the same thing.¬† Ed Stetzer calls this phenonemon “Ministry Pornography”.¬† Check out what he’s saying, and post your thoughts.