God works on another scale
June 18th, 2009 by Jon Rumble Posted in UncategorizedI had a discussion with Rory recently about how you evaluate success in ministry. For the interns at Unichurch this isn’t an academic question, accountability in ministry is important and formal evaluation to identify areas for improvement -while daunting – is an important part of any training or employment.
In ministry we should expect to see fruit – people growing in their knowledge and love of Christ and that being reflected in their lives… but is that the most important thing? How would you evaluate the performance of someone in ministry?
I remember listening to the talks from the Desiring God conference in 2006 The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World. I couldn’t tell you what the talks were about beyond the basic gist, but this comment by DA Carson during the panel discussion about the danger of trying to evaluate success in ministry has stuck in my mind…
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2 Responses to “God works on another scale”
By Rory Shiner on Jun 18, 2009
Amen. This is very powerful and encouraging. Thanks for posting it.
By David Entwistle on Jun 20, 2009
Yeh, a very encouraging clip. Thanks Jon. I especially like Carson’s comparison of South Korea with Japan – two countries with very similar cultures, evangelised around the same time, but with vastly different results. God certainly works on another scale.