Below is an excerpt for a research paper written for my Masters. I thought it might be helpful, because we as pastors many times struggle with the issue of administration.

Because of the way the term
Administration is used today, we tend to think of this gift (see 1Co 12:28) in
terms of mere administrative ability: balancing numerous tasks, making endless
lists, keeping one’s workspace neat, etc. While such tendencies may well
characterize a person with this gift, the term is a broader one, actually
conveying the idea of guidance.

In the Septuagint (the Greek
translation of the Hebrew Old Testament), we find this word conveying the idea
of giving guidance: "Where there is no guidance (or
"administration") the people fall, but in abundance of counselors
there is victory" (Pr 11:14, NASB). In Acts 27:11, the term is used of
the pilot or steersman of the ship on which Paul was traveling. The term
typically denotes some activity that gives guidance, that steers, that provides
wise counsel so that the right course might be taken. We can suggest the
following definition:

The Spirit-empowered ability to
provide wise guidance to a sphere within or a function of the body of Christ.

In other words, this is a gift
related to leadership. The person with this gift is more than just tidy; he can
examine a situation and determine the steps that need to be taken. He can
marshal resources and people and steer them toward an intended goal.

The local church is replete with
opportunities for the exercise of this gift. Leaders in the church, far from
being threatened by people with this gift, should rather create contexts for
them to exercise it. Such people are invaluable to those in leadership, freeing
them for more focused and strategic ministry, much as the choosing of the seven
men to oversee food distribution in the Jerusalem church freed the apostles to
devote themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word (see Acts 6:1-7).
Without the support that this gift provides, pastoral leadership flounders,
awash in administrative details to the detriment of prayer and the Word.
Perceptive pastoral leadership cannot underestimate the value of biblical
administration.

If Christian administration is a function of Biblical leadership and
Biblical leadership is concerned with discipleship, then administration should
always have as its primary goal the development of Christ-likeness in its
followers. This people orientation is significantly different from common approaches
to administration. Perhaps the most common definition of administration is that
it is getting things done through people. From a Biblical perspective, however,
this definition has the wrong focus because it views the tasks as primary and
people as merely the means of accomplishing those tasks. The "bottom
line" in business is turning a profit, but the "bottom line" for
the church is making disciples. The objective of the church is to reach people
for Christ and make them fit citizens of the kingdom of heaven. By its very
nature, then, church administration must view people as primary and projects as
the means of building people for the glory of Jesus Christ.