Outsourcing Your Ministry

It can be hard to give up control. For some, the belief is that no one could possibly do ministry the way you do it. You have your style, your process, your culture. But on occasion, you may find yourself in a bind. That is what happened to our church this weekend. We had need of some help getting our sound adjusted for a satellite service. Keep in mind that, unlike most circumstances, this one has been difficult of late - we are hosting services in a gym that wasn’t built for great sound. So, our sound team has been struggling, as have many other areas of ministry, as we adapt to kicking off a satellite service away from our main campus. At first, we thought we could handle it - we even surprised ourselves by some great services at the start. But, over time, we slowly noticed that we weren’t giving our best to the Lord.

Eventually, it happens - that breaking point - you know what I mean. The point when everyone realizes that its out of control and that help is needed - usually far past time and when people are saying “shouldn’t we have this fixed by now?” The trick is, this often happens unknowingly - kinda like how we are slowly steered off course until we realize that we haven’t been doing our daily devotionals, reading our Bibles as often, and missing our prayer time. So, we did it - we called in some experts to give us a hand because our sound team has been stretched too thin lately to assist, especially with another satellite service and main campus. Did I hear you gasp? Well, you should know - we’ve done this before and will do it again!

In the end, our sound was great, we got some more folks trained, and everything came together much better than if we had struggled and kept our problems in-house. So, as a lesson to you, consider the need to outsource some work. Whether its for your media team, marketing, or some other need, sometimes you have a large need and just need to outsource it. In the end, you may determine that it is something you want to outsource permanently. Maybe not. Either way, you may reinvigorate your ministry or even your church by a simple step like this. We did!