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Financial Remuneration

I’m not against compensating a biblically

and spiritually qualified pastor for his full-

time work in the ministry. First Timothy

5:18 says, “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox

that treadeth out the corn. And, The

labourer is worthy of his reward.” But

God’s Word does not authorize

compensation for any other position in the

church or in Christian ministry. In 1

Corinthians 12, God gives equal value to all

members of the body of Christ, so to

compensate church workers other than full-

time preachers and teachers of God’s Word

is not only unscriptural, but it conveys more

worth to some members of the body of

Christ than to others.

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