A question comes to me from a reader:<\/p>\n
What is considered ministry for the church? Is it only programs in which the gospel message is given? or where the Bible is taught? Do churches consider a program as ministry if it meets the wholistic needs of the community even though a message isn\u2019t given or the bible isn\u2019t preached?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here\u2019s a good question that I think many of us can dig into. In your church, who gets to be called \u201cminister\u201d or what programs and events are called \u201cministries\u201d? Do you have other events or programs that have other names and now you wonder, \u201cWell, do they not consider that ministry?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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