[“Church Without…” is a series of think-pieces designed to slowly deconstruct what we think is essential to having church and to call attention to the hidden barriers we’ve erected between ourselves and the Great Commission.]
The scarcest resource in most churches isn’t material: it’s human.
Sure, every church thinks it needs more money, more tech, more things, but really, they mostly need more servants.
Jesus didn’t encourage the disciples to pray for a bigger budget in order to accomplish the harvest. He told them to ask God for more workers to enter the field. (Matthew 9:38; Luke 10:2)