Ministry Is Never A One Man Operation

Jun 23, 2026

Does serving in church really matter?


Pastor Jeff Cramer works through Jethro's observation of Moses — judging the people from sunup to sundown, entirely alone, the same problem that drove his family away a year earlier. Jethro's diagnosis is plain: this thing is not good, you will wear yourself out, you cannot do this by yourself. Jeff uses that to address something the church consistently struggles with — the assumption that ministry is someone else's job. He closes with three characteristics for selecting leaders and a challenge from Hebrews 4 for anyone wondering whether God is actually doing something in their life right.