2. _Distribution of work._ Now I realize that in the church there is not such a clear cut division of labor or responsibility as there is in a business organization because in the church every member is vitally interested in every phase of the work. To use an illustration: I taught temporarily at Peabody last spring in the mathematics department. Except for a very general interest in the welfare of the school and my fellowman, it made no difference to me what the history teacher next door did or said. I had no responsibility in reference to his work. There was a clear cut division between his department and mine. In the church our relationship to each other is too intimate and our interest in the general welfare too great for such a clear cut division of responsibility to exist. However, for the sake of efficiency there should be some distribution of responsibility or work, for the very simple reason that what is everybody’s business tends to become nobody’s business. _Unless there is some mutual agreement as to who shall do what,_ _there is a danger that a great many necessary tasks will be neglected._ Some congregations that are large have a distribution of responsibility among the elders themselves. Instead of bringing up every little detail before a general business meeting, certain ones are delegated to look after certain phases of the work and to make all minor decisions regarding the same. For instance, I know a congregation which has a maintenance committee, authorized by the overseers, to keep the building in repair up to the point of spending so many dollars each month. There’s a limit placed upon what they can spend. They don’t have to get expressions from all the elders before they replace a broken window light, or make other minor repairs. This responsibility and authority has already been scripturally and officially delegated to them. That illustrates what we mean, then, by division of responsibility—a location of responsibility and a distribution of the tasks that are to be performed.