Kerryn

Cheryl,

Great teaching here.

i have always thought it was very interesting that we never hear of anything ‘more’ of Matthias after his ‘appointment’ to the 12.
Who needs ‘titles’ anyway? Like you say – let’s just DO the work of an evangelist, or pastor or teacher as God equips us.
Pride and a lust for power (even though it is sometimes so subtle) corrupts the Body of Christ where we are to all respect each other equally.
One of the things i like about the Senior Pastor of my church here in Australia (and it’s a big church for downunder – about 4000 people with perhaps 80+ staff)…is that he simply introduces himself as ‘one of the workers’ here at the church or ‘one’ of the staff. He never highlights that he is the “senior” pastor when up the front preaching or facilitating the service. Our value as people is found IN Christ – not in titles or special activities or roles we fulfil.

keep up the great work Cheryl.
regards
Kerryn