Biblical Decision Making

By Tracee Swank

Have you ever sat through a congregational meeting that felt filled with tension, division, and unrest?

Have you ever wondered how to get the right people with the passion and gifts to serve in the church without it feeling like you were just filling in blanks on a nomination form?

Ever wondered how to make the most of your meetings at church, how to make the most efficient and effective decisions based on God’s will, not someone else’s agenda?

I can offer a resounding “YES!” to each one of these questions. As Christian leaders we all face the frustration of leading our church in the important work of ministry. It can be quite painful at times to be a leader in a congregation. Ever wondered why?

Many of the struggles of being a leader in the local church come from the structure and methods that are used to make decisions and identify and place people in leadership positions. Many of our churches have fallen into the trap of being governed by a constitution and set of by-laws rather than something more biblically founded. Something, perhaps like seeking God’s will. The Bible seems like it would be a good way to organize and make decisions in a congregation. Too often, however, way too often, when a decision needs to be made or leadership roles need to be filled we go running to our constitutions instead of our Bibles.

Isn’t it interesting that we freely and prayerfully let the Word of God influence and govern how we raise our children, interact with our spouses, deal with our neighbors, treat the homeless, impoverished, and the least among us, yet we do not let the Bible govern how we actually go about God’s work of the local church? We let the Bible guide us in what we should do in ministry, but we fall short in letting the Bible tell us how we should go about doing ministry.

If you are a frustrated church leader ask yourself this question:

How are you letting the Bible and seeking God’s will be the foundation to the decision making and leadership development in ministry within your congregation?

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