Associate staff

I think more and more we will need to seek staff that are volunteers and associate staff. Often times I hear that the reason that staff do not have effective personal ministries is that they are always in "ministry mode"...they have little time for relationships outside of official business and the longer they are on staff the further they drift from natural relationships. In order to be able to model the kind of ministry that will be most effective in this generation, I think it will be imperative for ministers of the gospel to take time to be tent makers here and there.

For me personally, there is also a struggle in that I know I am made to create art - even though my passion is ministry. It seems like the work of ministry is never done and thus far in my staff career it has proven very difficult to create art on a consitent basis.