This haphazard development of such a crucial part of an organization is a major cause of the failure of most enterprises, as well as many churches and ministries. However, if your Administration is healthy it may be able to compensate for even serious problems in the other essential areas. Spiritual Cancer Left to form through circumstances without planning, the Administration will become cancerous with its greatest devotion being the feeding of itself. It will keep growing until it has sapped the life out of the rest of the venture. Management has a way of increasing layer by layer until it is inefficient and ineffective, becoming more of a burden than the life force it must be for true success.
Most governments are prime examples of Administrations which have gone awry.
Obviously the promotion of the department became more important than the reason for which it was created. The American church prides itself in its devotion to missions, but only three cents out of every one hundred dollars spent by the U.S. church is actually devoted to missions. Unquestionably the church in America desires to do better and much of the reason why it does not is found in the problem with administration. Because Administration is the brain and nervous system of every venture, if cancer begins to grow here it will be most deadly. The development and control of our Administration must be given at least as much attention and planning as the other essential elements of the venture.