Tool: Serving Your Organization vs. Serving God
Who are you serving?
Malcolm Webber
Shaping a healthy culture in a Christian organization of any kind requires that the leader align the people to a unifying vision, so that they serve God according to that vision. This kind of culture stands in contrast to what typically occurs in many ministry organizations, where the people merely have “jobs” serving the organization instead of truly serving God and their nation. As leaders, we must shift the paradigm of our team members from having a job serving the organization to serving God and their nation.
The following culture-shaping tool can be used to aid reflection and consequent change.
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Working for an Organization |
Serving God in My Nation with My Organization’s Vision |
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What is in this for me? What do I get? |
What is in me for this? What do I give? |
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Fulfilling the requirements |
Fulfilling the vision |
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Task-focused |
God-focused |
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What we are paid for |
What we are made for |
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The goal is numbers |
The goal is life transformation |
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Tired, exhausted, burned out |
Growing and flourishing; refreshed |
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Following a schedule |
Compelled by vision |
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Unwilling to make appropriate sacrifices |
Willing to make appropriate sacrifices |
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Sacrifices are a loss |
Sacrifices are a privilege (opportunities to give to God and love Him) |
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Feel entitled to remuneration |
Grateful for what I receive |
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Do the minimum requirements |
Passionate for the highest |
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Easily give up |
Willing to persevere |
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Passively waiting for instruction |
Taking initiative; being creative |
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Working on others |
Working on myself |
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Complain to others about challenges |
Pray to God about challenges |
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Quit in the face of pressure |
Purified by pressure |
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What does my organization require me to learn? |
I love learning and passionately pursue it |
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Look to my organization for answers |
Look to God for answers |
