Leveling the Church

Multiplying Your Ministry by Giving It Away

What if the secret to pastoral success is to do less ministry? Or maybe it’s more like a two-part secret: do less ministry, develop more people. The typical pastor takes on far too much. Who visits the hospital? Who counsels couples? Who teaches and preaches and disciples? Usually, the pastor. But Micah Fries and Jeremy Maxfield argue that a pastor’s true goal should be to equip the so-called ordinary members of their church to take on these pastoral tasks. And in Leveling the Church, they’ll show you how. From mentoring, modeling, and training to developing a pastoral residency, they’ll teach you how to equip the saints in the pews for the work on the streets and in the neighborhood. Not only does this approach drastically reduce the pressure on you, the pastor, it multiplies the effectiveness of your ministry ten, twenty, even a hundredfold!