Comments on: Recovery Ministry in the Local Church http://www.nacronline.com Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Flammang http://www.nacronline.com/resources-for-leaders/recovery-ministry-in-the-local-church/comment-page-1#comment-11257 Rob Flammang Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:57:42 +0000 http://www.christiansurvivors.com/cri/nacr/wordpress/?page_id=196#comment-11257 I liked your article, Recovery Ministry in the Local Church, very much. You explained the different approaches well. Churches often want to do something but venture in uninformed and ill prepared. I have been in recovery thirteen years and for nine of those years I led and was the supervising pastor of the recovery department in our church. This approach worked well for us because we were able to direct sufficient resources to our efforts. I have seen a desire in many churches to do something in the area of recovery but lacking the understanding of what it would really take to mount a successful and long-lasting effort. I have watched many well intended and supported programs flounder, fall apart, and fail due to poor leadership. Being a dune buggy does not qualify you for the Baja 5000 no more than being in recovery qualifies you for leadership. I am not talking about degrees or credentials but a stable mature recovery with the capacity to lead. If a church is not careful in putting the right person in place that individual, the group and the effort will suffer. We must follow Paul’s admonition to choose carefully when selecting those for leadership. None of us in recovery are lilywhite, just washed. I see the recovery group in a church as the burn unit of a hospital. We have been given the privilege of caring for some of the most wounded. Rob Flammang I liked your article, Recovery Ministry in the Local Church, very much. You explained the different approaches well. Churches often want to do something but venture in uninformed and ill prepared. I have been in recovery thirteen years and for nine of those years I led and was the supervising pastor of the recovery department in our church. This approach worked well for us because we were able to direct sufficient resources to our efforts. I have seen a desire in many churches to do something in the area of recovery but lacking the understanding of what it would really take to mount a successful and long-lasting effort. I have watched many well intended and supported programs flounder, fall apart, and fail due to poor leadership. Being a dune buggy does not qualify you for the Baja 5000 no more than being in recovery qualifies you for leadership. I am not talking about degrees or credentials but a stable mature recovery with the capacity to lead. If a church is not careful in putting the right person in place that individual, the group and the effort will suffer. We must follow Paul’s admonition to choose carefully when selecting those for leadership. None of us in recovery are lilywhite, just washed.
I see the recovery group in a church as the burn unit of a hospital. We have been given the privilege of caring for some of the most wounded.

Rob Flammang

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