Ministry myths

In a recent interview, someone asked me, “What did you write in Tribal Church that you regret? Is there anything that you would change?” The question reminded me of the fact that we’re always predicting and observing things that may not prove to be true a few years later. Here are three myths that I often hear about ministry that I question.

People hate labels. It has been said that the generation in which we live, people don’t want to be labeled. If that’s true, why do people refer to their Meyers-Briggs make-up so often? I’m more likely to know my friend is an extrovert than I am to know what sort of job she has.

I don’t know anything about the Enneagram, but I know all the people who proclaim that they’re eights.