What Is Christian Ministry? A Biblical Deep Dive

In this episode (which is the audio of the video version) we will see that while Christians should glorify God in all aspects of life, not all work can be classified as ministry. We’ll look at how misinterpretations of biblical passages often lead to the misconception that “everything is ministry.” From a careful examination of Scripture we’ll show that Christian ministry should be understood as Spirit-empowered service specifically and directly for the edification of the Body of Christ. Read the full article with the Affirmations and Denials Simony article Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 02:56 The Challenge of Balance 07:32 Challenging Passages 17:24 A Confusing Semantic Range 24:31 The Confusion within English 27:14 The Biblical Concept of Ministry 30:59 A Key Passage: Ephesians 4:11-16 42:11 A Working Definition 43:24 Testing the Definition 53:22 Christian Ministry as Stewardship 01:01:05 No Easy Formulas 01:03:18 Application 01:14:27 Looking for Loopholes 01:17:54 Conclusion ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingjesus.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thedoreanprinciple.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠copy.church

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We want to highlight and exalt the radical generosity of God’s heart, confront the commercialization of Christianity, promote the biblical teaching that ministry should be supported but never sold, explore the history of how we've gotten to this point where it's a respectable sin to monetize ministry, and take a deep dive in the Scripture’s teaching on the subject. Our evangelical cultural moment has a serious blind spot in this area, and we hope to be a voice of reform. And our priority is to take seriously what Jesus commanded in Matthew 10:8: “Freely you have received; freely give.”