http://boyinthebands.com/archives/chutney-rants-correctly-about-ministry/ Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:37:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://boyinthebands.com/archives/chutney-rants-correctly-about-ministry/#comment-25350 Follow up: The gifts and graces for ministry at Making Chutney Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:20:06 +0000 http://boyinthebands.com/archives/chutney-rants-correctly-about-ministry/#comment-25350 [...] A People So Bold and Boy in the Bands have each responded to my recent salvo on what ministry is and ain’t. Some further thoughts: 1. Ministry is not a profession. The professions—law, medicine, and psychology, most typically—are necessarily self-serving guilds. By credentialing and policing their members, they preserve the power to control public access to the services they offer. Government serves as a check on this power, threatening encroachment if the professions do not deliver quality and safety. [...] […] A People So Bold and Boy in the Bands have each responded to my recent salvo on what ministry is and ain’t. Some further thoughts: 1. Ministry is not a profession. The professions—law, medicine, and psychology, most typically—are necessarily self-serving guilds. By credentialing and policing their members, they preserve the power to control public access to the services they offer. Government serves as a check on this power, threatening encroachment if the professions do not deliver quality and safety. […]

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