Is This Statement Of Faith Apostolic Enough?

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by pelathais

I'm sure many of those who look at Jakes' ministry and see that huge body of believers from afar might feel some apprehension about the whole thing. As one such "outsider" I wonder what it's like to either be involved as a parishoner or as a member of the ministery there.

But I'm sure that Jakes is wise enough to keep his finger on the pulse of the people he leads. He obviously cannot "pastor" the 10,000's of people who attend services at the Potter's House with the same level of contact and rapport. But he probably pastors the pastors and many of the "old timers" still.

The fact that he has been able to keep it all together at this level does show he knows something about business, too; if only the ability to find the right businessmen to help him out. But many people simply don't like "mega-churches." In fact, from the numbers reported across denominational lines most Christians don't attend the mega churches in their area. I don't know what the numbers are today, but several years ago Barna reported that the average size of a church in America was 75 members.

I am sure he has many associate pastor's. I guess I just don't think of him that way because of just the size alone, and the many ministries he has going on. I wonder how many original church members he has now. And I wonder how many hospital visits he makes a week, and if a member calls him in the middle of the night if he goes personally or sends an associate. Or if he even takes members calls.