9Marks Journal: The Pastor and His Staff (Part 1) (64期：牧者與同工（上）)

Think for a second about how crucial it is for basket-ball team to work together as a team. Who calls the play? Who sets the pick? Who makes the assist? Who takes the shot? Every member must know his part. And every member knows the team’s success depends on rightly playing that part. The same goes for tennis doubles, and army platoons, and political campaigns, and business partners, and on and on we could multiply the examples. Success depends on every part rightly relating to the other parts. The same lesson applies to church staffs. For the sake of the church and the kingdom, we hope to help church leaders take a few moments to think through staff dynamics.

請思考一下，籃球隊的共同協作有多麼重要。誰叫戰術？誰來掩護？誰負責助攻？誰去投籃？每個隊員都必須知道自己的職責。每個隊員也知曉團隊的成功依賴於正確執行自己的職責。

無論是網球雙打組合，一個連的軍隊，政治競選團隊，商業夥伴等等身上都可以看到類似的例子。成功依賴於一個團隊各盡其職，互相補足。

對於教會同工而言，這也是同樣的道理。爲了教會和神的國度，我們盼望幫助教會領袖思考教會同工的關係。我們會花兩期內容來探討牧師和同工的關係。

期刊的開始，，狄馬可（Mark Dever）、傑拉米·萊尼（Jeramie Rinne）、Mark Mullery和Vince Hinders幫助主任牧師思考如何管理、服侍和門訓同工。接著安迪·約翰遜（Andy Johnson）、Michael Lawrence（邁克爾·勞倫斯）和傑拉米·萊尼給每個同工智慧的建議。

最後，我們會討論聘請、解僱同工，以及爲同工設定薪酬等具體細節。我個人十分推薦每個弟兄所貢獻的智慧。閱讀了每篇文章後，我也求神使我在智慧中成長。我也禱告你們同樣如此。