The Minister in the Marketplace

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The Minister in the Marketplace

Topic Outline

Local church vs. Marketplace?

It is not uncommon for an unhealthy stress to live between the localized church and marketplace people. Businesspeople suppose that the localized church—particularly pastors—views them as little more than wallets for ever-growing church allowances or economic salvation for labouring ministry projects.

They suspect—probably with cause—that couple of pastors realise the nuances of free market finances, affray, or entrepreneurial enterprise, and seem misread, even outraged, when easy-answer sermons go incorrect to grab completely or to grapple with the myriad of convoluted difficulties businesspeople face. They all too often seem guilt—or ...