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Discipling the Laity for Disciple Making (07)
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Paul Jang
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2008-03-24 03:29:21, hit : 3,712 |
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Discipling the Laity for Disciple Making (07)
The sixth step of involving is managing. Management is crucially important because it combines the power of ministry to the members of the church. Anthony D'Souza said that management experts have linked dynamics with group and the combination has taken on a special meaning (D'Souza 1986b, 1). No matter how well the groups may be organized, the pastor cannot have the power for ministry without good managerial skills (D'Souza 1985, 1).
There are several sorts of management such as people, program, institution, and time management. Of these, people management is the most important. It is more important than program management because the programs exist for people, not vice versa (Young 1989, 81). The disciple making must be people centered, not program centered because the pastor must develope a ministry to solve problems, rather than expecting people to force their problems into his mold (Barna 1990, 24). In other words, the first success in making disciples absolutely depends upon people management. Without it, nothing will do. Other managements must be followed by people management. This people management must come before those.
Time management is secondly important for disciple making. According to Terry C. Muke, an effective ministry demands time, creativity, patience, and effort (Shelly 1985, 9). The writer knew from his experience of making disciples how important time management is. When a discipler fails to control the time of processing program, his intended goal is apt to deviate. For example, because of having one-sided time for the Bible study, spiritual (prayer and praise) and practical training (evangelism and service) can not be carried out as planned.
Time is given to everyone equally in the world; all of us have the same amount. There is not any more to have (Keating 1982, 116). Therefore the only one that wants to succeed must not waste the time equally given by God. In other words, using the quality time really makes the pastor effective in working for the church (Dayton 1975, 135).
Someone who was effective once said, "success is ninety percent time management" (George and Logan 1982, 40). In fact, time is the life (of the soul) in the sense that it is irreversible and irreplaceable, and to waste the time is, therefore, to waste the life. For the life of the creatures was created along with the time by God in the begining (Lakein 1974, 11, 21). Anthony D'Souza wrote:
Although all people have different talents, skills and personalities, each has exactly the same amount of time. Effective leaders know the importance of learning to use that time wisely. (D'Souza 1986a, 86)
Paul also emphasized the importance of time in Christian life. In Ephesians 5:16 "making the most of every opportunity" may be translated into "redeeming the time" (KJV). It presents the importance of time in the Christian life. Of course, the basic principle for effective time management is to focus on doing the will of God (George and Logan 1982, 41).
The next importance is programing. A program to develop the laypeople in the church is one of the greatest need of the 20th-century church as Winkie Pratney said (Pratney 1983, 15). It also is so important for disciple making because it involves the contents and process of making disciples. This subject will be dealt with in the rest in the stage of teaching and training.
In addition, other managements can be considered such as financial, facility, and so on.
The third stage is organization. It is needed to preserve and carry on the program of disciple making. Without it, the program will fail. This organization does not mean the hierarchical system for the clergy of the church. This means the institutes for the disciple making program as a part of church activities.
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Introduction
Ch Growth 