 | Parish Business Administration -Dedicated to providing information and resources to enable those engaged in the vocation of parish business administration. -Parish administration is the art and science of effeciently and effectively managing the available resources to maximize their value to the community. -The gift of administration arises from the concept of the helmsman who coordinates the available power and steers the ship and to the agreed upon destination.
Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of administration, those who speak in unknown languages.
-1 Corinthians 12:28
Church administration is a profoundly holy calling, that activities commonly called administration are part and parcel of most ministries, and that one whose work is primarily administrative is no less a faithful servant than those who mostly preach, teach, or counsel. Our English word administrator comes from two Latin roots, ad + ministrare,meaning literally “one who ministers to.” Thus there is no fundamental distinction between administration and other tasks or manifestations of ministry. To ad-minister is to “add ministry” in any arena, whether ecclesiastical or more secular. It is time for the church to reclaim the holiness of vocations that involve a major measure of administrative work. According to this viewpoint, administration in many arenas—both churchly and “secular”—while burdensome on some days, might be joyful on most.
-from "Church Administration" by Michael Cooper-White & Robert Bachner
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