The Importance of Serving in Your Church

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"I love the call of the ordinary being there and serving," he says. "You don't need anybody's permission to go to the rest home or get people together for prayer, Bible studies" If you're in your church and you want to serve and you can't find an avenue for it, I'll go talk to your pastor,. Just go tell him, hey, I want to serve. Where do you need help? Find out where they need help.

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.