Metaphors of the Church: Field of Crops

In this series on metaphors of the church, we’ve discovered quite a diverse and expansive perspective of the church. Its kind of like our spectrum of vision, our color pallet, and our vocabulary for the church are expanding.

The metaphor that I explore today, a field of crops, comes from 1 Corinthians 3. I am especially interested in this metaphor as I lends itself well to a discussion of church leadership and ministry in general. And, it can also be applied to the specific ministry of church...