Sunday, 14 July 2013

The Trellis and the Vine

All Christian ministry is a mixture of both trellis work and vine work. Vine work is proclaiming the good news of Jesus and seeing lives transformed by God through His Spirit as a result. Trellis work is that which supports and gives structure to the vine. It is easy for trellis work to take over from vine work as we focus on programs and events instead of people. As the Great Commission reminds us, our primary responsibility as Christians is to be disciple-making disciples of Jesus. In order to do that, we need to make a conscious mind-shift away from establishing structures and towards growing people. This is by no means an easy process, but when the vine overcomes the trellis at our church that is when we will truly be fulfilling our commissioning.
Duration:30 mins 30 secs