I was at church this morning (Monday) but I've returned home this afternoon to get some much needed reading done. I've read 70 pages of a 210 page book that I'm supposed to have read by Wednesday at 10 a.m. My procrastination time has reached it's max.
I'm reading "The Externally Focused Church" but Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson. One of them writes, "When the US Labor department releases the unemployment figures for the quarter, and that number is above 7 percent, it is viewed as a crisis. When a church releases its 80 percent unemployment figures (reflecting the 20 percent of "active" members), it is seen as normal. What if we were only satisfied if 100 percent of our people were engaged in some time of ministry?"
Ouch, that challenged me. How about you?
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