Saving lives takes teamwork …

When things go wrong in a surgical suite, it usually isn’t due to a lack of skill, according to this new report shared by Fred Gates:

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that training surgical personnel in teamwork skills has reduced the surgical mortality rate by 18% — that’s an improved survival rate of nearly 1 in 5! The results clearly demonstrate the life and death importance of working together to accomplish a mutual objective. The study found that technical acuity, while critical, can only do just so much to ensure a positive outcome.

“For decades, surgery and anesthesiology have focused on the technical work,” Pronovost (a doctor who editorialized the study) says. “But the harm that’s occurring (from surgery) is happening due to teamwork failure, not technical failures.”

It takes teamwork to save lives!

And not just in the surgical suite!

When things go wrong in the church, it often is because we lack “teamwork” or unity. God has not called any of us to be Lone Ranger ambassadors for Christ, but He has placed us into His family, melding us together as a body, so that in unity we can serve Him and His kingdom …

“Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, in all, and living through all,” Ephesians 4:1-6.

“May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” Romans 15:5-6.

Just as surgical teams must work together to save lives, Christians must work in unity to effectively share the Gospel with a lost world that needs saving. How are your teamwork skills within the church? Are you serving in harmony with your brothers and sisters in Christ?

Scotty