Introduction to Primary Functions of Stewardship in Detail Chart  (Read It Here)
By John Blake

 

People all define and describe the Primary Functions of Stewardship a little different.  According to Tim Roehl, it is “How God stewards my gifts to accomplish His Kingdom purposes.”  Paul Ford says it as “How I steward my part in the Body of Christ.”  I tend to explain it as more of our outward expression of our gift combination.  All of us are right.  It’s all true; which is partially what led us to the necessity of further unpacking this powerful third angle of the Gifts Triangle.

As Steve Hoke, Paul Ford, and I sat around a table, sketching on a flip-chart each of the Primary Functions, the depth hit me in a whole new way.  This significance hit me for a variety of reasons:

(1) For the next generation, who struggle for clear role definition in life and ministry, this equates our supernatural gifting into a functional language.  How I function powerfully serves as the accurate and appropriate counter-piece to being defined by a role;

(2) The Primary Functions of Stewardship shows us powerfully the embodied function of our gift combination, or gift “mooshing”; it becomes a simplified descriptor of the Body Life ligament action we get to embrace (Ephesians 4:13-16); and....

(3) The Primary Functions of Stewardship challenges us in a new way to embrace our upfront or alongside role in the Body as well as gain further clarity on who we need.  All of these contribute to the necessity of greater understanding, coaching, and teaching through this stewardship corner of the Gifts Triangle.

Through this added sheet of information regarding the “Role or Function”—the underlying “Motivation,” and the “Indicators of Functions Fulfilled,” we hope to create a greater clarity and depth to your current understanding of the Primary Functions.  If you attend a Coaches Recertification event this year, you will have added teaching on additional specific uses of this chart and the Primary Functions’ depth.  Though not all of this may resonate strongly with you, our prayer is that as you wade through this new information, nuggets of truth with be discovered, owned, and passed on in you coaching, teambuilding, and living out of your own Primary Functions of Stewardship.