When Teaching is the ONLY agenda

[skyrider]

When teaching is the ONLY agenda.....

...1) Teaching alone becomes the lifeblood that pulsates throughout the organization

...2) A constant stream of pre-meetings head up the parade of meetings to follow

...3) The church pew is unmatched as the most proficient element of efficiency

...4) Twi, in attempts to be different, has taught thousands of "chair-stringers"

...5) Teaching is, if not toned in moderation, takes on an egotistical life of its own

...6) Years of allegiance to Teaching Only....incubates thousands of other teachers

...7) To stay on message, every subsequent teacher's script must be pre-approved

...8) Teaching begets more teachings, classes beget classes, sitting begets more sitting

...9) But....little do they realize, that the whole place becomes an echo chamber

..10) The echo chamber strengthens ideology and the process of indoctrination

..11) Yet, the mouth cannot say to the hands....I have no need of thee

..12) But there are no hands anywhere, because everyone is a mouth

Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees

[WordWolf]

That's being generous.

If teaching is simply the MEANS TO THE END,

and the "end"/goal is "a steady income",

then what is taught is compromised to what

will bring in the money.

In this case, serving God gets sidelined and

talking about serving God but nothing

practical about ever doing it,

that becomes the Main Course on the

teaching plate.

[waysider]

It's like Amway.

Everybody is so busy selling dealerships, the soap gets relegated to the sidelines.

[skyrider]

The teaching agenda can morph and proliferate in hundreds of directions....

.....the head man "chair-stringer" can TEACH a new crop of underlings before each class

.....the refreshment lady can TEACH placement protocol and washing lipstick off styrofoam cups

.....the audio/video guy can TEACH others how to cue background subliminal music during breaks

.....the boss-man parking attendant can TEACH his assistant the logistics of saving space

.....the nametag girl can TEACH her roommate the proper pinning placement of nametags or corsages

.....the guru of bookstore displays can TEACH the layout patterns of hot twi items this month

.....the class coordinator can TEACH his class crew on the impact of working together as a unit

.....add listings of branch, state and root locales and everyone is a TEACHER

See......it really IS a teaching ministry.

[Twinky]

Interesting...

It is (was) a "research, teaching and fellowship" ministry.

Well...we know the research was plagiarism.

Teaching...well that they abundantly, nay beyond abundantly, shared.

Fellowship...was great at lower levels.

Note what it is NOT:

> Not a practical ministry

> Not a "service" ministry

> Not a healing or deliverance ministry

> Not even a Christian "outreach" ministry!!

A Christian organisation that I volunteer with has the strapline: Caring, Listening, Helping. And that's exactly what we do.

A different Christian organisation that I volunteer with has the strapline: Compassion in Action. And that's exactly it does.

Compare and contrast with "research, teaching and fellowship."

[STAYAWAY]

When teaching is the ONLY agenda.....

...1) Teaching alone becomes the lifeblood that pulsates throughout the organization

...2) A constant stream of pre-meetings head up the parade of meetings to follow

...3) The church pew is unmatched as the most proficient element of efficiency

...4) Twi, in attempts to be different, has taught thousands of "chair-stringers"

...5) Teaching is, if not toned in moderation, takes on an egotistical life of its own

...6) Years of allegiance to Teaching Only....incubates thousands of other teachers

...7) To stay on message, every subsequent teacher's script must be pre-approved

...8) Teaching begets more teachings, classes beget classes, sitting begets more sitting

...9) But....little do they realize, that the whole place becomes an echo chamber

..10) The echo chamber strengthens ideology and the process of indoctrination

..11) Yet, the mouth cannot say to the hands....I have no need of thee

..12) But there are no hands anywhere, because everyone is a mouth

Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees