“Yet there ever exists the pull toward organizational structure, especially as a church increases in membership and complexity. How is this tension resolved between the Church’s identity as an organism—the Body of Christ—and its composition as an organization?”
David J. Peter, “Organization Is Not Optional,” in Organizing for Ministry and Mission
GJ - They all sound the same. Peters went to Trinity Divinity - one of the Church Growth franchises - for a D.Min. WELS staff wore a path to Trinity Divinity and WELS was thanked twice in print by the school.
"A resource for pastors and church administrators, Organizing for Ministry and Mission offers helpful advice to guide church leaders on maximizing the effectiveness of their congregation's organizational structure."
These yokels - like David Valleskey and Frosty Bivens - both Fuller Seminary sycophants, gush words right out of the Napoleon Hill lectionary. They do not sound like Biblical Lutherans but exactly like bug-eyed salesmen in cheap J. C. Penny suits.
The Holy Spirit only works through the Word, never apart from the Word.
