A Key... Value

One of the keys within singles ministry, like with every ministry, is value. Does your church value singles? Do the singles know it?

Singles should not be siloed off from the rest of the church or seen as incomplete people. To say that there is something wrong with singles... is to say there was something wrong with Jesus. Jesus was single. Almost all of his disciples were single. Paul was single and recommended it.

This value must come from the top. For example: How many sermon illustrations have you heard about the pastor's wife and/or kids? Those are valuable, but have you ever thought how a single with no children who deeply longs for marriage would relate to those?

Here is one thing we did at Saddleback to show singles how they are valued and needed within the church body.



Do you have any ideas? What have you done at your church? I am sure this topic will come up again :)