Mobile Ministry Magazine

There is an excellent discussion going on at Holy Culture Radio talking about commerce or ministry being the aims within Christian music. Really speaking to if whether people are really stating what their intentions are. Here is a snippet of the beginning of that disucssion:

...Folks, if you are in the music industry promoting, marketing, packaging and selling CD's, tours, merchandise etc., then you have no right to expect to escape critical judgement. This is part and parcel of the industry. Without this element, the rest of it falls down.

My central argument is this...

We must understand that there's a difference between commercial ventures and apostolic ministry (I'm talking about the apostles, prophets, evangelists and pastor-teachers mentioned in Ephesians 4:11)...

Click here to read the rest of that discussion

Those are some really powerful words there. And I think it also is something in the tech field that we can also relate to. I want to hear from you. In the area of technology and ministry, is there a line when its no longer ministry, but commerce? And if so, where do we draw the line in saying that what we do is ministry or a business?