How many times have you heard yourself or someone else say that your Pastor does such a good job and really preaches the Word? He deserves a great church. Well, why not help make your church a “Great” Church. “Great” doesn’t have to be great in numbers. The numbers come because it is a Great Church. A Great Church is full of love for God and God’s people. A Great church is active and on Fire for God. Start by volunteering and getting others to volunteer. Don’t pick the job. Tell your Pastor that you will do whatever is needed. Try to get 100% participation. Make sure that every member can be introduced with more than a name. “Meet Bill & Sue, they work with the youth”, “Here’s Jack, you should taste his chili.” Everybody loving God and each other doing something for God makes a Great Church.
Nothing will look better on your eternal resume` than that of bringing the lost to Christ. So many new Christians return to the old life because there was not a place of Good Discipleship. Make your church a place where people not only can find the Lord but also be helped to find their place of Service.
I have often heard that 20% of the church does 80% of the work. If that statistic is accurate it may hold the answer to many of the problems. Mobilizing 100% of the church is an enormous task but can you imagine the impact it would have. If 100% of the church tithed financial problems would vanish. If 100% of the church prayed in earnest for the needs of the church, community, city, state, country and world the windows of heaven would surely swing open releasing blessings beyond comprehension. The list of miracles coming from God would be infinite.
The calling of the Lord is without repentance. We must continue the work of the ministry with full reliance on Him and not ourselves and pray for laborers so that the pastor doesn’t have to do it all alone.
It is the Pastor’s job to lead, teach, preach, exhort, correct, rebuke and pray for and love the sheep, not cut the grass and take out the trash, etc. I have heard many excellent Pastors in small church pulpits who couldn’t do their job the way they wanted to because they were bogged down doing the jobs of others. If you have a Pastor who is trying to do it all I encourage you to step in and help.
Pastors without large staffs often wear far too many hats and carry a very heavy burden. Without volunteers and lay support these pastors can become weary indeed.
Don’t grow weary in well doing, scripture cautions. The word weary is one of those words which can be used in defining stress, burnout, and fatigue. Some of the most weary people I know are Pastors; especially the Pastors of small to medium size churches. You would think that the Pastors of large churches would be the most weary and I am sure that some are, but usually large churches have a large staff with plenty of help for the Pastor in sharing his great responsibility.
Don’t leave your church seeking a Great Church. Stay and help make your church a Great Church.
