Issues Facing Missions Today: 6. Remuneration for Ministry We find in Scripture at least six different views on remuneration for ministers. These involve different models for ministry, each with a different focus, different metaphors for ministry, different things being opposed, and different values. What we learn from Scripture in examining these models is not the Biblical practice that we ought to follow today but ways in which to discuss these matters as people of the Spirit in our own contexts. What is required of us is a good performance in our contexts of the various concerns and values that we find in the various Biblical models for ministry. First Model: The Levitical, Institutional Religion Model Texts: The Pentateuch Focus: Centralized Temple Ministry for All the People Metaphor for Ministry: Wave Offering, Gift, Priests Opposition: Freedom of religion Values: Obedience and loyalty (hierarchical roles), diligence (fulfilling duties in established