… but in reality, it can be very different. Some leaders/people may fail to differentiate between being lead by the Holy Ghost and being led by the voices of their own Delusion (i.e. voices of the god made by them in their own image and not the god who made them in his image).

Call it the Spirit-Delusion or God-Delusion.

In the name of efficiency, the pastor in-charge may become inassessible.

Perhaps the starting and ending point of formulating proper church management should be Christology/Jesulogy.

Spiritual needs are sub vented to $$$$$ priorities when we attempt to do things that may not be in the “will of God” – like founding another breakaway “Christ-like Church” – KPI of success is members and $$$$ and Uber mega building.

We mouth the Lord’s prayer but we also believe in helping ourselves.

Do we really believe in timely manna or it is just a “faith myth” we mouth but have no faith in?

Can our well endowed churches and individuals give away all their assets altruistically?

If not, what is the claim to sonship and daughthership worth?

Just a numbing comfortable thought that suspends the prospect for an inevitable death?

Does forming a community make this prospect more remote or even unlikely?

Does our belief system reflect our journey or our rhetoric?

After 2000 years of gospel, what will be our value and legacy?

I believe that the management structures and techniques in the corporate world are tools which the church can use to improve its administration.

Moses himself was taught by his father-in-law, Jethro proper management structures and techniques in order to lead the nation of Israel – Exodus 18:17-23
“17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.” ”

The key, I believe, is that such initiatives should come God’s leading through spirit-filled church leaders, not corporate managers as Psalm 1:1 says “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly”. In the case of Moses, the advice came from a godly man ie. his father-in-law, Jethro who was the priest of Midian (Exodus 18:1)