The history of humanity is a history of kingdoms and empires. In every
case, the empire, built to bring order and protection to people, eventually
begins to “wear out” and use up the people until that empire is either defeated
or just dies out. In the height of every empire a type of caste system
develops, a social class from which it is nearly impossible for a person change.
As in these earthly empires, within Christianity (including and I mean
especially in IBF churches) a type of caste system has developed.
Conquerors
The nobility of the ministry, members of this class are out to build,
expand and lead the leaders.
They are willing to “lop heads” for their cause, believing the cause to
be greater than any one person who has come under their influence. Within this
nobility may be several layers of leaders:
- Leaders of thousands
- Leaders of a thousand and
- Leaders of hundreds
They host meetings, publish their own pictures and ask each other to
preach at their gatherings.
Traders and Craftsmen
Support the nobility. Because they are pastors of great (though not large) churches, the
conquerors depend upon them. Though the conquerors are the ones whose names are
in the papers they are useless without the craftsmen traders who read those
papers and follow these noblemen.
Though the traders and craftsmen are never or seldom asked to speak at
larger meetings they are expected to attend those meetings; being marked if
they are not present. Their success in the work of the ministry is what makes
the empire strong.
Serfs
The ones that the conquerors walk over and enslave, these might be
- Pastors of small churches
- Assistant pastors of small or of craftsmen
trader, type churches or
- Members of churches in the smaller or standard
size churches
These are the very people the whole of kingdoms is based upon. These are
the very people who sought the protection of the kingdom. These are the very
people whose lives were so threatened they surrendered their freedoms for the
benefits the kingdom offers. The nobility exist because of these people. The
traders and craftsmen, though seldom really serving the serfs, have their place
before the conquerors only because the conquerors have risen to rally these
serfs. The nobility rarely even know their names, but their only real
notability is that which they receive from these unknown masses.
Marvin McKenzie
In the fields
