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Biblical Model or Business Model?
A Business Model or a Biblical Model?
How should congregations view their working relationship with ministers of the gospel?
Should preachers be an employee of a local congregation? Does anyone think Timothy or Titus were employees in Ephesus or Crete? The Biblical concept is fellowship (Philippians 4:15). Receiving support does not make a preacher an employee. If that was true, then when a preacher receives support from several congregations then he is an employee of each group. And that would make elders in one congregation in charge of a preacher in another congregation.
Should preachers sign contracts with congregations? Jesus said, “But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no” (Matthew 5:37). If a signature is more binding than a preacher’s word, then is he really trustworthy? Why would you trust a man to preach the pure gospel but don’t trust him to be pure in keeping his word? Plus, what good is a contract? Would a church or preacher sue the other for breach of contract contrary to 1 Corinthians 6:1-8)?
There is a difference between the business model and the biblical model. One is based upon human wisdom, while the other is based upon God’s revealed wisdom
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