Comments on: elements of discipleship http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/01/25/elements-of-dicipleship/ musings from those on the journey Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:16:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: KenOath http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/01/25/elements-of-dicipleship/#comment-123830 KenOath Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:40:16 +0000 http://www.signposts.org.au/2006/01/25/elements-of-dicipleship/#comment-123830 What percentage of the church's energy is spent in "internal training" versus that spent on witnessing/ministering activies in "the world". Think of how multi-level marketing schemes like Amway sucked people into spending vast amounts of time and money on self-motivational training, seminars, books, tapes, meetings etc - the leaders made a fortune, but the vast arm of poor old downlines had a negative cash flow. Perhaps the church is a bit like a failed multi-level marketing operation. It invests endless amounts of time and energy on keeping the troops motivated, to the extent that they have little time to put it into practice. What percentage of the church’s energy is spent in “internal training” versus that spent on witnessing/ministering activies in “the world”.

Think of how multi-level marketing schemes like Amway sucked people into spending vast amounts of time and money on self-motivational training, seminars, books, tapes, meetings etc - the leaders made a fortune, but the vast arm of poor old downlines had a negative cash flow.

Perhaps the church is a bit like a failed multi-level marketing operation. It invests endless amounts of time and energy on keeping the troops motivated, to the extent that they have little time to put it into practice.

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