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Some people say, “You can’t expect laymen to raise their families, work all day, and shepherd a local church.”  But that is simply not true.  Many people raise families, work, and give substantial hours of time to community service, clubs, athletic activities, and/or religious institutions.  The cults have built up large lay movements that survive primarily because of the volunteer time of their members.  We Bible-believing Christians are becoming a lazy, soft, pay-for-it-to-be-done group of Christians.  It is positively amazing how much people can accomplish when they are motivated to work for something they love.  I’ve seen people build and remodel houses in their spare time.  I’ve also seen men discipline themselves to gain a phenomenal knowledge of the Scriptures.

Biblical Eldership, Alexander Strauch, page 28