The other day I attended a Step Show featuring graduate members of various sororities and fraternities under the National Pan-Hellenic Council.  As a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., I have often questioned why we do what we do?  For the last 98 years, the Sorority has been making strides locally, nationally and internationally.  From a local perspective, being in the presence of my sorority sisters and understanding why this event was necessary, allayed any doubts I had about the relevance of the sorority.  It was a subtle reminder of the organizations programmatic themes.    

As a Pastor, business leader, political leader and/or servant leader, there comes a time when you have to reassess why you do what you do?  Why you undertook the role you currently serve and the impact you wanted to make.  I'm not questioning why you were called to ministry but what you need to ask is whether or not what you do is making an impact in the community for which you serve.  I recall as a member of a local church I would often question why certain things were done a certain way.  I wanted to know what was the point for wearing white; how does showing up on a Saturday morning relate to me serving Christ when we have a custodian; what is the purpose of the communion trays being gold or silver, bottom line - why is this relevant to ministry? How does this help me grow? What am I to learn from this? What is the mission of this organization?  Of course, I didn't last long in that area of ministry, but that was okay. 

Albert Einstein said in part of another quote "The important thing is not to stop questioning."  To determine whether or not you and the ministry are relevant and having an impact is contingent on your willingness to question everything even when you think you have all the answers.  Many failures in ministry come from the lack or unwillingness to recognize that some things are not having the impact you need for it to have; therefore you need to shut it down.  Since ministry is really about serving, is what you are serving meeting the needs of the people? Did you start your ministry and have all these programs to get money, get people, or meet your need?  What's really the point of your ministry?  What really is the point of your service?

Regardless of whether you have all the professional and spiritual people in place, no matter how knowledgeable they may be, responsible they appear, dedicated they are, if you are not meeting the need of the people for whom you say you are connected, then you are NOT RELEVANT.  In order to be relevant is to be pertinent to the matter at hand.  So, again...RELEVANT- What's Really Is Your Point?