Some Christians [consider administration]…a secondary gift, appearing less important than other functions of service. Frequently one hears pastors consider (administration being) nonessential, uninteresting, and less spiritual than, say, preaching, teaching, or counseling… People who reason this way misunderstand a significant biblical concept that sets forth the function of administration as a cherished spiritual gift.
The Making of a Christian Leader, Zondervan, 1976, p. 52. www.zondervan.com.
There is nothing unscriptural in planning, although to hear some people talk today one would think there is. I fear that some are in danger of subscribing to a new form of “the god of the gaps,” so that the Holy Spirit is only at work in the spontaneous and immediate.
Wisdom to Live By, Christian Focus Publications, 1998, p. 38. Used by Permission.
