They said to me, “I would like to start a ministry at our Church that would …”

This person wanted to organize a group of people with a similar mindset to join them in serving the Lord together.

My response was to ask if they had ever done this type of project on their own. They seem perplexed by the question.

Often, the best type of ministry is when Christians simply see a need and then fill that need. No one needs the Church’s consent or blessing to be the light of Jesus in the world. There are an unknown number of ways to serve others without being “organized.”

Anyone who wants to serve the Lord can do it today. Right now. All you have to do is look around and see something that needs to be done and then do it.

I am a big advocate of both organized and unorganized religion.