One Body Divided

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
1 Corinthians 1:9-11

What is it about the modern day church (church as in the collective organization of like minded individuals under one doctrinal umbrella) that weights the carrying out of the great commission? Under what doctrinal pretense do they feel justified in saying my ministry is greater then yours? and when did it become MY ministry instead of HIS ministry?

It pains me to see and hear these types of conversations happening within the modern day body of Christ.  Years ago it caused me to doubt the validity of a belief system based on the division I saw within its own believers.  I have since realized that is a flawed belief in itself as one can not judge the purity of the water based on the rusty container in which it is held, but that is the subject of a whole nother posting.

I would really like to know the thought process that goes into a member or leader in a church saying they can not support another ministry if albeit only verbally because they are doing the same type of outreach.  God has given servants hearts for various aspects of his ministry and we are not all called to the same approach.  I do not personally feel compelled to minister to those who are in hospitals yet Jesus has called his disciples to do that among various other aspects of ministry.  So because I feel called to teach other believers who lack direction or to inspire Christ followers to actively take up their cross, does that mean I should feel that someone who minister to children or the sick and elderly as being less or more then myself?

Part of the argument that I heard was that the reason behind those who were participating in a ministry was less then noble.   That seems to hold little weight to me considering that my own pastor has confessed to initially coming to church for the first time because there were hot girls.  First off am I so above reproach to judge the heart of my neighbor and secondly the transformation of our heart is not normally an instantaneous effect but God working on the broken vessels we come to him in.

As I heard Dr Whitcomb preach on this weekend, "man can come to Jesus through the TRUTH without Love but he can not come to him through Love without TRUTH.  To the soul who has been saved from an eternity in the absence of God it does not matter why you chose to share the Truth with them, only that you did.