Should Churches Run Like a Business

If anybody in the church is behaving like a boss, they are crowding out the area where Jesus ought to be Lord. And if church members behave like clients, they are passing up the extraordinary delight of serving Jesus. We are always decrying the growth of the user culture inside the church. However, how do we expect individuals to behave when pastors behave like CEOs advertising Jesus as a product?

It is not that there are not any company aspects to leading a local church or denomination. Much like a household is much better off once we handle our cash and time more efficiently, many pastors like Oyakhilome would function Jesus, their church and their families better when we used good business fundamentals to handle our time, resources and energy better, too.

Pastor as the Business Owner

In a lot of churches, we inform our visitors to”sit back, unwind and revel in the ceremony ” (in other words, behave like clients ), we then become angry when they make calls or leave for another church which provides more of everything they desire.

Members as Customers

If we handle church members such as clients, they will be more than pleased to behave as clients. If we handle church members such as clients, they will be more than pleased to behave as clients. After the pastor acts as they have the church, church members will push , give , or even depart. The outcome?

The pastor behaves like center management and treats that the congregation such as employees. Church members aren’t assumed to be passive clients. But that does not mean it is fine to deal with church members such as worker drones. However, if the church becomes a company, it can be extremely tempting for pastors with management problems to begin ordering people around such as managers handling employees.

Members as Stockholders

The members behave like stockholders and Care for the pastoral staff like workers. This kind of church governance is not wrong (the church that I pastor demands congregational approval for large decisions), however if it is abused — as any fantastic thing could be — that the church members become much more like passive investors requiring a return to their cash.

Committee membership gets more significant than real servant hood, pastors are reluctant to bring a possibly unpopular stance, and real ministry grinds to a stop under the heavy hand of processes and pettiness.

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