Recently I read an article in which the author talked about a concept he called “The Invisible Pastor.” I am not sure if this was his original idea or someone else, but I found several similar posts online. 

The basic concept is that the pastor should not be the name and face of a Church. Far too often, the preacher in a Church is more widely known than any other person. They have websites, book deals, speaking tours, and a personal brand.

The flip side of this behavior is that the Church people fade into the background and become invisible. The people who do much of the work of ministry. The sound people, greeters, childcare providers, teachers, elders, deacons, cooks, and children’s ministry leaders become invisible.

How about instead, the Church let the people who make up the body of Christ become more visible and the pastor invisible? How about those Christians who are always in the background share in the glory of the Lord?

Let the Church have the Children’s workers take center stage. Let them spotlight the greeters who are the first contact with the Church. Let them make the people doing the inglorious work of ministry each week more visible. And let the pastor become another worker whose face blends in with every else. 

This last week our Church hosted a Vacation Bible School with well over a hundred kids every night. There were dozens of outstanding workers in every area of the Church. They are the stars of this show.

Throughout the week, we made videos of all that we were doing. I do not appear in any of them. I want to be invisible and let the people who work hard for Jesus shine their light for all the world to see. They are the real heroes.