The Individualism of Church Members

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I still remember when you and I did the episode on The Good Life with Eric Landry. He told the story about as a pastor, one of his members was eating, he saw the family eating fast food right before they came in to a Bible study. And so their members are exhausted. People spending every night at some type of church function. They don't even know their neighbors because they're only meeting with church people. Sunday is secondary and families are separated. So there is a real problem that is addressing another one which you were describing just made me think about how lonely it would feel to be like, I get my ministry based on who I am and my life and stage and it

Many of us were raised in churches that downplayed the clergy-laity distinction. Every member, we were told, was a minister. Now, we’re in churches that take ordination seriously and that sees the biblical rationale for “office.” Maybe we’re even relieved to find that these churches don’t fill our calendars with a busy week of “ministry activities,” but instead prioritize Sunday worship. But where does that leave the laity? And where is the spiritual formation that happens when we live in community with one another? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller consider how the liturgy of our worship pushes back against the liturgies of the world. And they discuss the responsibility of members to exercise their spiritual gifts alongside their freedom to receive and rest on the Lord’s day.