He looks disappointed and clearly confused. “Oh. I see,” is all he can manage.
Motto: “I’m getting ready to go do the real work, but what you’re doing here is all right too, I guess.”
4. Your Boss Who Has Been on a Committee for 10 Years and Just Discovered This One Weird Trick That Has Doubled the Size of Churches in Your Area in Just a Month’s Time!
This guy knows what he’s talking about—he told me himself. It’s probably best for you to just get on board and give up on your ideas of being faithful to what the Lord has called you to do. If it’s worked for all these other churches in your area, clearly there is something to it. Besides, you might get fired if you don’t drop what you’ve been working on and do this, right now.
Motto: “Reports show that among those who implemented this, 50 percent of the time, it’s worked every time.”
5. The Guy Who Actually IS Doing a Better Job Than You
This minister is humbly doing what the Lord has called him to do, and he’s done it faithfully for a long time. He has persisted through times of seeing disappointingly little fruit as well as outrageous harvest.
This minister is calmly accepting of you, encourages you and challenges you to be like Christ even if you’re one of the previous four people. You probably have never heard of him, but when you meet him, you want to be just like him.
