Winning Teams

There are a lot of similarities between the game of Football and the Church and her work.

- both are team oriented
- both rely not only on the abilities of their members but also how those abilities function within a group
- both have a goal or mission
- both can be evaluated on their performance
- both have people in a leadership position to keep their members focused, on task and motivated.

Coach Mike Sherman while coach of the Texas A&M football team noted that championship teams are built first in the locker room. That if you don’t have a good locker room then regardless of the players individual abilities you won’t have a winning football team. Football teams comprised of players with lesser abilities can out perform teams comprised of players with greater abilities.

Congregations of Jesus Christ are like that as well. If the theory of Christianity is not reflected in our lives and how we interact with each other then we’re not going to be very successful. If a churches members are angry with each other or jealous of each other or anything else that is inappropriate and sinful then it will not present well to the world and people can read that when they visit a congregation.

There are a lot of things that influence how a congregation performs but first and foremost congregations need to get there act together as it relates to controlling sin in our lives and appreciating and serving each other.