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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Then it doesn't matter where the paycheck is coming from. Without a doubt, elders should not be paid from a ministry.
But if someone is really a gifted shepherd they don't need a paycheck from either TC or the church.
IMVLE the best shepherds and the best evangelists were not on any payroll at all.
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I agree ZNP. Once an elder becomes a co-worker and supported financially as such; liberty, principles, and integrity risk being compromised if it hasn't already. For one the financial support alone dictates you must be biased towards the ministry that supports you. In the end, no room for impartiality.
That is why for brothers who are elders and wish to remain impartial, if you need financial support have an employer that won't create a conflict of interest between yourself and your responsibility to the saints. Or be self-employed. In those circumstances, there would be less of a possibility of becoming compromised.
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After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, 3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. 4 And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks." Acts 18:3