A manager, according to Alasdair MacIntyre, is one of the stock characters in our culture, the expertise of which is an illusory construct that can only be legitimated by referring to its own effectiveness. In other words, how do I prove I’m an effective manager? I supply data that confirms my effectiveness. Numbers. Spreadsheets. Attendance. Budget. Programming. The problem with these standard measurements of ministry, however, is that they’re blunt instruments. They give a picture of only that which can justify their use as quantifiers. They provide no context, no nuance, no narrative. Not only can they not tell you whether the three hours you spent in the emergency room with parents whose child was in an accident was effective, they can’t even tell you why you should care about spending time in an emergency room as opposed to ordering and organizing the office supplies. Derek Penwell on Killing Church Management and Other Reflections on Church Organization — [D]mergent ow.ly/sZbx4
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:13:44 +0000
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