Who’s Your Techie?

So I commented on a comment last night. My first. Thank-you. Whether you read the comment or not, it of course, got me thinking. Where is the ‘know-how’ generation in the church today? Of course we have the mega churches and many other churches today that have it down. The vast majority of churches though, are still in Flanograf mode. You know what I mean. The church that introduced the overhead projector 10 years ago (even then behind the time) and still have the same overhead projector, just a different bulb. And let me tell you, those bulbs can be hard to find at 6pm on a Saturday night. Take it from one who knows. FedEx just can’t deliver the bulb that fast!

Back to the know-hows. I believe there are many people sitting in pews today that have the ability to make their church more effective, but for some reason aren’t making a difference. I’ve seen many reasons for that. For some I think they just don’t understand how important their role in the Kingdom and bringing people to Christ is. For others, the leadership in their church is the issue. Not wanting to make the change, or not seeing the importance of the change is crucial in making today’s church more effective. Our changing and being able to adapt to our environment, just like so many other areas of life, is what makes the church effective. How effective is your church? I don’t know about you, but my denominations statistics on salvation experiences are lacking, and it’s supposedly on the higher side of the chart. It all begins with the local church. You leaders can say all they want and initiate all the programs, and do everything in their power, but if it doesn’t make a difference at the local church level, it doesn’t matter.

You see, the church has an issue it needs to deal with. How do we “recruit” (can I say that?) the ‘techies’ in the church and make them a valuable part of our ministry. I don’t think we need to go beyond the church walls(although I’m not opposed to it) to get who we need. I think we just need to focus our vision a little more and see who God has already planted in our congregations to help with this ‘issue’. Look at your congregation today. Who there has some kind of gift that can be used? Let’s not forget about one of the greatest gifts. The gift of “Willing to Learn.” Who is able to be taught and take up the ministry?

The Bottom Line is the same. Let’s face it, we as ministers have a hard enough time as it is. We need to use all available gifts and talents we have in the church, not only to lighten our load(although that’s nice!), but to reach the unsaved. God has given us the gift of technology, we need to use it. However we can, and with whomever we can. I was explaining to my church about how great the new website was and everything we can do with it, as a ministry. I don’t think they got it until I said that we now have the ability to reach everyone in the world through our church. A man in China and a girl in Europe can now all be touched by our church’s ministry at the same time! That’s God’s gift of technology in action! We need to be excited about it!

Who’s in your church, sitting in the pews, untapped? Let’s find a way to be more effective today.

Until next time.