Archive for November, 2007

1 Timothy 3:1-3 - ”…Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.  Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money…”

Christian groups always have some form of leadership, whether the group is a member of a healthy Body, or simply a manifestation of a modern Christian movement. Protestant churches typically refer to their leadership as “ministry.”  Ministries vary in roles somewhat from denomination to denomination, but they can be divided into two general categories: professional clergy and non-professional ministry (sometimes referred to as “lay ministry” or “tentmakers” in some circles).

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