Rodent Regatta

Kevin Hartwig (with an assist from Jordon Cooper) has pointed to a Mark Riddle entry about churches, youth ministers and the essence of what’s happening in too many churches.

Here’s a clue:

A bit more Rage:
Today I learned that a friend I have was fired recently from a church. He was the Senior Youth Director. What were other youth staff people told of the reasoning? Did he do anything immoral, illegal, unethical? No. ”He was suited more for ministry than management”. I kid you not. A church fired a guy because he was suited for ministry! I’m laughing as I write this. But it is really really sad. It is a sad day when growing churches are firing pastors for being ministers. It’s a sad day when churches find managers more employable than ministers. I’m going to stop now before I say something I regret.

Having just seen a completely botched handling of a ministerial change at one church, it seems these guys are onto something. I’m reminded of the saying that some churches are like Noah’s ark – if it weren’t for the raging storm on the outside, nobody could stand the stench on the inside.