Count it up!
The easier something is to quantify, the less it is worth.
Think about these words. They were written by Seth Godin in his new book call Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?.
Now apply these words to how we do church. What do you quantify? Money. People. Baptisms. Sunday School Attendance. New Members.
Quantification in this regard, does 3 things:
1. It devalues the person. Actually, I think it dehumanizes them
2. It elevates the quantifier. In this case, the number of…
3. It celebrates the one who produces the result.
What do you count? How does that affect how you view the church?
