Read it and weep
This is such a cool way to look at ministry. Proof of growth is in how we live our lives. What do people experience when interacting with us? The proof is in our conversations, our relationships, our reactions. Basically, people can read us like a book! They recognize our good works (and our not-so-good ones, too). And in respect to ministry, numbers of people who attend your thing, degrees from schools, and relationships with the who's who of Christiandom do not validate your ministry. Are the people in your purview, under your care being changed? Are they learning how to put one foot in front of the other and walk out a life of following Christ? Are they growing in God because of the authenticity of...you? What does God read in their hearts from the impact you've made on them? And if title doesn't mean anything, then this applies to ALL of us! We're all doing the work of the ministry. What do we write on the hearts of others?
