The Ministry of a Layperson

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Bob Greene: I want to make sure the listeners don't think that Mike and I are just like, whatever we don't know. So it says, who are the ministers of the church? And we can talk about this if you want to, but it says, the Ministers of the church are laypersons, bishops, priests, and deacons. It actually is really particular in overseeing the church and the deacon is service and it's just wonderful. When you have those lanes, it honors each one of those lanes. We'll talk with you on Ephesians 4 next week.

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.