God will bless our church in proportion to how we give to missions and care for the poor in our city.
Sadly, they are too often in the hands of leaders who understand little about them. Sad because these tools have the power to hurt as well as help.
I believed that many church problems could be solved or pre-empted through sound organizational practices. But I had a hard time finding the help I sought.
The inventions of mechanical devices for making cloth and of steam engines for powering machinery started a wave of new businesses that were able to employ large numbers of people for the first time in history.
Initially, organization structures were a business tool to improve working conditions and increase production for lowering costs to the customer. But as the advantages became obvious, other entities like government and educational systems started using them.
Organizational structures and systems are tools we use to fulfill our mission. They are like wineskins that serve a purpose for a time but eventually become useless and must be replaced with new ones.
I want to help you gain an understanding of the
• Mission: why do we exist?