- Pastor Myoung Kwon
- May 31
- 2 min read

8 Quality Characteristics #4: Effective Structures
In Daniel 4, King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream about a massive tree which represents himself. In the dream, an angel comes down and commands to chop down the tree and have it bound with a band of iron and bronze. The purpose of this band was for the tree to stop from growing.
The fourth quality character needed in church is effective structure. Do we truly support the growth of the church? The band in the dream shows it can stop the tree from growing (The king’s ego and pride is not the point of this message). Are we binding ourselves and preventing our church from growing further? These are some important questions for us to ask ourselves in ministry.
In Exodus 18, Jethro gives advice to Moses when he was flooded with the task of judging and giving counsel to the people. Following the wisdom of Jethro, “Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people.” Exodus 18:25. While this story is about delegation, it also shows that this can be a supportive structure to give mentoring and affirmation amongst the different layers of leadership and people. Our church represents almost every generation, and each generation can support one another through mentoring and empowering.
Moreover, we need to have Jesus in the center to support our structure for growth. The last verse of Judges says, “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Judges 21:25. This was the result of not having a King (God) but when we have Jesus in the center of our church our structure will grow stronger and multiply.