My friend Sean Eppers posted some content on the Woodlands Point Pastor’s blog that Tyler David and I did on “Ministry vs. Discipleship” for one of our staff meetings awhile ago. Below is a sample:
Ministry
- Reactive
- Lower relational investment, with a relative degree of anonymity for both parties
- Meets immediate, felt needs
- Often leads to immediate results and draws crowds
Discipleship
- Proactive
- Requires vulnerability and significant relational investment
- Transforms lives, with replication as the measure of success
- Often painstakingly slow, with one step forward and two steps back
Archive note: The original Woodlands Point source is no longer available online.
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