[b]The Love...The Money...Or Both??[/b]

[Steely]

Praise The Lord Everyone.

We had a discussion/debate going on in our Youth Service, and I thought it would be interesting to pose the same questions to everyone here

Does being "On Salary" diminish the thought of "just playing for the love of it" Basically: Is playing for a church a job or a divine duty or both?


Be Blessed,

Steely

[Noelle1977]

I think it's both.....of course it's a job if you're being paid, but it's also a divine duty, so you shouldn't let the "job" overshadow the divine duty.  It's a ministry just like the choir, and although you're getting paid you should'nt forget why you're doing it to begin with.

[BBoy]

Paul considered it a privelegde to be able to make the gospel available at no charge; and there were some times when Paul decided not to use his rights to earn his living from the gospel . . . and listen, this is important . . . when he knew that it would cause others difficulty. However, it is high time we break the back of this poverty spirit that some people want to put on others. A person who is laboring in the vinyard . . . not just playing for money, because that would be a hireling that would simply go to the highest bidder . . . but a person who is laboring in the vinyard, is highly dependable, brings a love for God, a love for the church and a desire to people saved and healed through the music ministry, who brings new songs into the choir's repetoire and develops other musicians and leaders in the choir . . . why not bless them with what the church can bless them with? Music is hard work, you know. So to answer your question, I guess that the musician should be committed to the ministry whether they are paid or not . . . but if they are doing the above things and living a clean, holy life . . . the ministry possibly should prayerfully consider being committed to them with some sort of support.