I recently heard this phrase used in a sermon (yes I was listening) in relation to churches ministry in urban priority communities. This phrase expresses something of the danger of organising events and ministries about people, without including them in the process and as a result they don't participate in them.
It struck me as someone who works with children and young people in a Church context that we are often guilty of this, we organise things for children, yet don't involve them in the process and expect them to be consumers only and as a result we have seen the alarming decline in the numbers of young people in the Church in the West. Could it be that much more involvement in decision making process would lead to an increased ownership and have a preferred end result?
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