Jesus commissioned us to go and make disciples of all nations. Does your church’s organizational structure help or hinder your fulfillment of the Great Commission? To answer that question, let’s break down Matthew 28:18-20.
Factors that Determine if Organizational Structures Help or Hinder the Fulfillment of the Great Commission
- Centrality of Jesus’ Authority in All We Do
- Fluidity in Organizational Structure
- Allegiance to a Person, Not an Entity
- Non-Compartmentalized Integrity
- Unobscured Focus on the Lord
These factors don’t make organizing taboo for the Church but rather keep it in check. Organization must help, not hinder, us from fulfilling His design, purpose and mission for the Church.
The Steering the Church Toward Discipleship Leadership Guide includes these points with some brief input about each and also guides you in assessing how you approach organization in your church.
All Posts about Organization:
- Organization Following God’s Purposes?
- The Cause and Effect Factor of Organization
- The Need for Fluidity in Organization
- Living Organism Needs Organization
- Organizational Structures Help or Hinder?
- Organization Because of Freedom in Christ?
- Organization Enhancing Ministry Not Entangling It?
- Organizational Skills of Jesus
- Why Organizational Skills When We Have God?
- Spiritually Gifted to Organize
- Praying About How to Organize to Best Accomplish Goals
- Rely on the Spirit, Not Organizational Efforts
- The Gospel, the Organized Eternal Plan of God
- Organizational Efforts with a Life-Giving Effect
- The Effects of Life-Giving Organizational Efforts
- The Right Reason for Organization
- Aligning Organizational Efforts with Scripture
This is a great comission and command to those who call themselves followers of Christ.
Yes, Amasike Tochukwu, and so we should follow it in all we do. There are no qualifying factors that suggest it only applies to certain areas of life. May God help us all live in accordance with it.