Another concern people raise about BAM is that doing both business and ministry takes too much time. After all, even the apostles designated others to do certain things so that they could focus on teaching the Word of God.
And this is my response: Doing just ministry can also take too much time if one guy is trying to do the work of 10. Doing just business can take too much time if one person is trying to do the work of 12. To be successful in both ministry and business you need to have a team. The size of the team depends upon the size of the work at hand.
Actually, you could say that the twelve apostles and the seven who were chosen to serve the widows in Acts were all a part of the same team. They each had different roles, but they were getting it all done.
The same is true with BAM. If the business aspect takes one full-time person to “run” it and the ministry aspect also takes one full-time person to serve, then you should start out with a least a team of two people. You could both do some business things and both do some ministry things—however you decide to break it up according to your gifts and passions. But BAM isn’t intended to be a “one-man show.” It takes a team.
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"You could both do some business things and both do some ministry things—however you decide to break it up according to your gifts and passions." - and therein lies the rub. It is really important to have both leaders and managers. Leaders to cast vision and promote change if necessary, and managers to assure that the process is run effectively. Then there's the whole problem of them not wanting to kill each other at times.
ReplyDeleteYes, you are right. BAM (or any ministry model for that matter) will never change the need for people to know how to love each other, be graceful and work together toward common goals while valuing a diversity of input.
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