“Most believers learn passively from clergy. However, no matter how good and uplifting this person's teaching, as long as the members are not actively ministering and speaking Christ themselves, growth lacks.” TeachingSpiritual GrowthSpeakingClergyChurch MembersSpiritual FormationMinisteringLaity Book:ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House Source: ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House
“The typical clergy/laity system practiced among most churches is detrimental to believers. In this system only a professional class of people teaches and preaches, while the majority of the believers listen.” ChristianityPreacherHierarchyTeachersProfessionalismClergyPriesthood Of The BelieverUniversal PriesthoodLaity Book:ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House Source: ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House
“Those members who are more gifted have a job: to equip and encourage the less gifted believers to do the work of building up. Today's system of clergy and laity, where a few believers do all the teaching and preaching but the majority stay passive year after years has not (and does not) equip believers to do what the clergies are doing; therefore they cannot build up the body of Christ. What should happen is that after receiving the equipping from the more gifted ministers, all of those saints would go and preach the gospel, teach the truth, and meet in fellowship with all other believers themselves. This would directly build up the body of Christ.” TeachingPreachingFellowshipClergySaintsGiftednessBody BuildingPriesthood Of The BelieverUniversal PriesthoodLaity Book:ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House Source: ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House