The Value
Ownership means we take responsibility. When we see a gap, we seek to fill it. We do not outsource care, initiative, or truth-telling. We nurture what we belong to.
The Anti-Value
Passivity, complaint culture, and "someone else will handle it" thinking.
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Scripture
"Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters," (Colossians 3:23)
Paul addresses believers embedded in rigid social hierarchies and reframes work itself as worship. Faithfulness is no longer measured by status, but by intention. Ownership flows not from control, but from stewardship. What we do reflects whom we serve.
Early Church Father
St. Clement of Rome (c. 96 AD) taught that each member has a role and responsibility in the body, not spectatorship.
How this applies to us
We welcome newcomers. We speak up constructively. We care for what God has entrusted to us. We use words such as 'we' rather than 'you' when speaking to leaders and referring to something about our organisation.
Ownership